Reports

Travel Advice Unit, Consular Division Foreign & Commonwealth Office 1 Palace Street, London SW1E 5HE Tel: 0171 238 4503/4504 Fax: 0171 238 4545 British tourists are advised not to visit Angola. Business visitors are advised that Luanda is calm and following the peace…

ARUSHA, Tanzania (Reuter) - Officials from five African states met Tuesday to draw up plans for a multinational force to stop bloodshed in Burundi. Tanzanian Defense Minister Edgar Maokola Majogo said Tuesday's talks followed foreign and defense ministers from Burundi, Ethiopia,…

DATE=7/2/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-199645 TITLE=BURUNDI/ U.S. (L ONLY) BYLINE=SONJA PACE DATELINE=BUJUMBURA CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: THE UNITED STATES STRONGLY SUPPORTS REGIONAL AFRICAN EFFORTS TO END ETHNIC VIOLENCE IN BURUNDI. THAT WAS THE MESSAGE SENIOR AMERICAN ENVOYS BROUGHT WITH THEM ON THEIR THREE DAY VISIT TO THE CENTRAL…

UPDATE No. 1GENERAL: Following the temporary suspension of activities by the ICRC after the deaths of three of their delegates, the entire delegation of the ICRC pulled out of Burundi on 11 June after receiving threats the…

Paulo Sirgio Pinheiro (Brazil), Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Burundi, will undertake a third mission to Burundi from 2 - 16 July 1996. Appointed at the end of the 51st session of the Commission on Human…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE (BHR) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) ANGOLA - Civil Strife Note: The last Situation Report was issued March 1, 1996. Overview The Government of the Republic of Angola (GRA) and representatives of the…

I am pleased to send you a copy of the new Update of the Minority Rights Group report, Burundi: Breaking the Cycle of Violence which has been written by Filip Reyntjens. The situation in Burundi is now reaching crisis point.…

ON FRIDAY 28/6/96, SOME 1267 BURUNDESE REFUGEES ARRIVED AT THE CIBITOKE/CYANGUGU BORDER (SECTEUR KIBIGARA/COMMUNE MUGINA) AND WERE TRANSPORTED BY IOM TO THE COMMUNAL OFFICE IN BUGARAMA. THE NUMBER OF REFUGEES DOUBLED OVER THE WEEKEND, BRINGING THE TOTAL TO 2,510 BY…

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 15 in a series of weekly reports from…

First visit to Southern Sudan since 1983 After the joint mission to the Great Lakes, Commissioner Bonino continued her trip in the region, accompanied by ECHO's director, Santiago Gomez-Reino. They initially spent two days in Somalia, on the first visit by…