Rapports

(FR) (6/20 press briefing in Geneva) (4420) GENEVA -- Ambassador Richard W. Bogosian, U.S. special coordinator for Rwanda and Burundi, says the international community is trying to determine which measures might "minimize the catastrophe" should the continuing violence in Burundi…

Washington - Statement by U.S. State Department Spokesman Nicholas Burns on June 19 condemning killing in Burundi of civilians near Kibimba, three International Committee of the Red Cross workers near Cibitoke, a nun in Gitega: The United States vehemently condemns the…

FROM THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF INTERNATIONAL NGOs WORKING IN RWANDA and NGOs PARTICIPATING IN THE 1996 ROUND TABLE. The NGOs call upon donors at the Round Table to pledge and disburse funds that are sufficient and appropriate to support Rwanda…

By Elif Kaban KIGALI, June 20 (Reuter) - Rwanda on Thursday began issuing new passports to deal a blow to its extremist Hutu enemies in exile by rendering thousands of old passports they hold worthless and effectively denying them citizenship. Deputy…

HighlightsLiberia/Sierra Leone Region The recent violence in Monrovia has led to large-scale displacement to "safe" buildings or areas within the capital. The nutritional and health situation of many of those displaced has until recently been extremely…

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs BACKGROUND 1. On 18 May conflict broke out in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, when elements of the armed forces, staging their second mutiny in a month over issues of…

PERIOD COVERED: 10 - 12 JUNE 1996 THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS REPORT WAS PROVIDED BY THE OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATIONS HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR FOR OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN LIBERIA UN AGENCIES, INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS AND NGOS THIS REPORT IS DEDICATED TO THE…

Period covered: 5-18 June 1997 The information contained in this report was provided by the Office of the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Liberia NOTE: Please be reminded that the Humanitarian Activity Report is now being issued every two weeks. REPORTING PERIOD HIGHLIGHTS As…

By Christian Jennings BUJUMBURA, June 17 (Reuter) - The Burundian army strongly denied on Monday charges of involvement in a massacre of 71civilians near central Gitega province last week. "This information -- these reports, they are simply and categorically false," Colonel…

General: The entire ICRC delegation pulled out of Burundi on 11 June after receiving multiple threats by telephone during the weekend of 8-9 June. The ICRC had suspended all activities in the country the week previous following the murder of…