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BUJUMBURA, Burundi (Reuter) - Burundi's new Tutsi military ruler, Pierre Buyoya, left Bujumbura by air for Uganda on Tuesday, a day before a planned African summit on the Burundi crisis, officials said. They gave no details of the trip by Buyoya,…

(FR) (U.S. State Dept. spokesman briefs reporters) (300) By Jane Morse USIA Diplomatic Correspondent WASHINGTON -- The capital of Burundi, Bujumbura, is calm but the political situation there remains "fluid," Nicholas Burns, the U.S. State Department spokesman, told reporters July 29. Speaking to reporters…

By ROBERT H. REID Associated Press Writer UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The U.N. Security Council called on Burundi's military leaders Monday to restore constitutional government, and urged all parties to refrain from actions that could trigger a Rwanda-style ethnic bloodbath. But the…

(FR) (DHA corrects "mistaken impression" that U.N. pulling out) (660) By Wendy Lubetkin USIA European Correspondent GENEVA -- In the wake of the coup in Burundi, U.N. relief agencies operating in the region are taking a variety of measures to prepare for…

BUJUMBURA (Reuter) - African statesman Julius Nyerere said Monday Burundi was in danger of becoming another Rwanda, where up to a million people were slaughtered in a 1994 genocide. Nyerere said Burundi, which has the same explosive tribal mix of…

The briefing was chaired by Martin Griffiths, Director of DHA Geneva. It was attended by representatives from UNHCR, UNICEF, WHO and IOM. DHA In his opening, Mr. Griffiths explained that the purpose of the meeting was to give a clear picture…

By STEFAN LOVGRENAssociated Press Writer BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AP) -- Burundi's new president, installed by a military coup last week, shifted his attention Monday from trying to muster support at home to trying to persuade international leaders to back his government. But even…

By KARIN DAVIES Associated Press Writer BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AP) - Burundi's new military-backed president says world leaders who want to help end ethnic violence in the tiny Central African country should keep their troops at home and send mediators instead. Pierre Buyoya,…

FROM SAM KILEY IN BUJUMBURA BURUNDI'S new President, facing international condemnation of his takeover, yesterday offered an olive branch to Hutu rebels and pledged to form a government this week to try to silence the clamour for international military…

BUJUMBURA, Burundi (Reuter) - Mainstream Hutu politicians ignored a charm offensive by Burundi's new Tutsi military ruler Monday as troops and Hutu rebels battled in the interior. ''I am a democrat more than others and we could not let other…