Rapports

KIGALI, June 16 (Reuter) - A total of 34 local government officials were killed in Rwanda in the first five months of this year, the U.N. human rights office in Rwanda says. In a statement, it said it was…

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…

U N I T E D N A T I O N S Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 441125 Fax: +254 2 448816 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org This is number 13 in a series of weekly reports from…

D. EAST AFRICA: REGIONAL OPERATION FOR BURUNDI, RWANDA, ZAIRE AND TANZANIA 1. Burundi a) Following the death of three ICRC staff members, NGOs suspend non-emergency activities for one week in a measure of solidarity and mourning. Remaining ICRC staff leave Burundi. b)…

C. LIBERIA AND SIERRA LEONE 1. Liberia a) ECOMOG deployment complete in Schiefflin although minor clashes reported between government and faction forces. b) First phase of the WFP expanded feeding programme in Monrovia completed with 64 communities served. 2. Sierra Leone a) Peace talks…

MONROVIA, June 14 (Reuter) - Up to 8,000 civilians fleeing clashes between rival factions in western Liberia have arrived at a displaced persons' camp outside the capital Monrovia, aid workers said on Friday. But in Monrovia itself two commercial vessels docked…

General: The humanitarian community in Burundi reacted with deep shock to the murder in an ambush of three ICRC delegates in Cibitoke Province on Tuesday, 4 June as they were returning from an evaluation mission to Mugina. Following the assassination of…

BUJUMBURA, June 13 (Reuter) - Burundi's army said on Thursday it killed 50 Hutu rebels in an attack on a training camp and an army report blamed rebels for killing three Swiss aid workers. ''With the help of the…