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BUJUMBURA, Burundi (Reuter) - A spokesman for Burundi's Tutsi-dominated army Wednesday dismissed reports of a coup against Hutu President Sylvestre Ntibantunganya, who has taken refuge in the U.S. embassy. ''There is no military coup in preparation and there is no military…

BUJUMBURA (Reuter) - Burundi's Hutu President Sylvestre Ntibantunganya was in hiding in the U.S. embassy on Wednesday but the Tutsi army denied it was staging a coup. Washington said the president, whose two Hutu predecessors both met violent ends, took…

Washington DC - The following is the announcement of a newly published book entitled "Angola: Promises And Lies" by Karl Maier, who has reported from Angola and Nigeria for Africa News Service and other news organizations: In 1992 Africa's longest…

BUJUMBURA, Burundi (Reuter) - Burundi will expel 85,000 Rwandan Hutus and empty all refugee camps in the north by next week, a Rwandan minister said Tuesday. Rehabilitation Minister Patrick Mazimhaka said by phone from the Rwandan capital: ''We are not…

From Ghion Hagos; PANA Staff Correspondent ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (PANA) - An Organization of African Unity (OAU) mission leaves for Burundi over the weekend for an on-the-spot assessment of that country's deteriorating political situation, following the massacre of 312 people…

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0210 1. GENERAL THOUSANDS OF YOUTHS DEMONSTRATED IN THE STREETS OF BUJUMBURA OVER THE COURSE OF THE WEEK, PROTESTING THE POSSIBLE ARRIVAL OF THE OAU-BACKED TROOPS IN BURUNDI THAT WERE PROPOSED TO BE DEPLOYED AS PART OF THE…

OLS RESUMES C-130 HERCULES FLIGHTS TO SOUTHERN SUDAN... Operation Lifeline Sudan resumed C-130 Hercules flights to southern Sudan yesterday for the first time since last September. In two rotations, the World Food Programme (WFP) airdropped 32 metric tonnes of food…

By STEFAN LOVGREN Associated Press Writer BUGENDANA, Burundi (AP) - Burundi observed an official day of mourning today after Hutu rebels slaughtered an estimated 320 people, mostly women and children, at a camp for Tutsis displaced in the three-year civil war. With…

The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees on Tuesday demanded that Burundi immediately halt the forced return of thousands of Rwandan refugees, describing it as a flagrant violation of basic human rights and international refugee instruments. In a letter to Burundi…

Geneva, 23 July 1996 Thousands of Rwandan refugees in northern Burundi are being forced to return to their homeland after two of four camps managed by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies were closed by the…