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By Todd Pitman BUJUMBURA, April 23 (Reuters) - Seventy-six rebels and civilians were killed in Burundi on Wednesday in an attack by Hutu guerrillas east of the capital, the army said on Thursday. Lieutenant-Colonel Isaie Nibizi said the 76 were killed…

Press Release SG/SM/6536 AFR/52 The following statement, concerning the announced intention of the Government of Rwanda to execute more than 20 persons found guilty of genocide in that country, was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan: The Secretary-General reiterates…

UNITED NATIONS Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for Central and Eastern Africa Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org IRIN Update No. 401 for Central and Eastern Africa (Wednesday 22 April 1998) RWANDA: First 23 genocide…

A weekend bushfire fanned by extreme winds has so far claimed the lives of 47 people in a northern swamp area of Tonj County in southern Sudan's Bahr el Ghazal Province. A radio report received from World Vision staff based…

NAIROBI, April 22 (Reuters) - A bush fire has killed 47 people in a region of southwest Sudan already hit by famine, the aid agency World Vision said on Wednesday. The fire started on Sunday near the village of Ananatak,…

News Release Issued by the International Secretariat of Amnesty International * AI INDEX: AFR 47/12/98 The condemnation of 23 people to public execution this Friday is a brutal pretence of "justice" which will damage any hope of reconciliation after the genocide…

NATIONS UNIES Bureau de la coordination des affaires humanitaires IRIN - Afrique Centrale et de l'Est Tel: +254 2 622 147 Fax: +254 2 622 129 e-mail: irin@ocha.unon.org IRIN : Bulletin quotidien no 400 d'information sur l'Afrique Centrale et de l'Est (du mardi…

Nairobi -- The World Food Programme warned today that unless it receives permission to double or triple its airlift of food aid to southern Sudan within a matter of days the Bahr El Ghazal region will face catastrophe. WFP said…

UNITED=A0NATIONS Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for Central and Eastern Africa Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org IRIN Update No. 400 for Central and Eastern Africa (Tuesday 21 April 1998) RWANDA:=A0 Former French prime minister defiant…

The militia holding ten aid workers in northern Mogadishu have denied reports that the hostages will be released. The militia's second-in-command says the aid workers, including nine foreigners, will NOT be released until certain conditions are met Mahmud Ali Ahmed says…