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CONTENTS 1.Chronology 2.Policy Paper on The Sudan 1. CHRONOLOGY Dec.17: The US ambassador to Sudan has had a first meeting with members of the Sudanese opposition based in exile in Asmara, the capital of neighbouring Eritrea, opposition sources said today. The National…

In meetings with high level officials in Burundi and Tanzania, UNHCR has condemned the killing of 122 Burundian refugees last Friday after they were forcibly returned from Tanzania and has today received assurances that this would not happen again. "I…

DATE=1/15/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-208744 TITLE=RWANDA HUMAN RIGHTS (L-ONLY) BYLINE=CHRIS TOMLINSON DATELINE=KIGALI CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: DURING THE PAST MONTH, THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF VIOLENT INCIDENTS IN RWANDA. THE LATEST INVOLVES U-N HUMAN RIGHTS MONITORS ASSIGNED TO INVESTIGATE ALLEGED HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES. KIGALI…

DATE=1/15/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-208732 TITLE=SUDAN REBELS ADVANCING (L-ONLY) BYLINE=SONYA LAURENCE GREEN DATELINE=NAIROBI CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: REBELS IN SUDAN SAY THEY'VE CAPTURED ANOTHER GOVERNMENT GARRISON AND ARE ADVANCING ON A STRATEGIC DAM ALONG THE BLUE NILE. IN RESPONSE, SUDAN'S GOVERNMENT HAS DECLARED A "HOLY WAR" -- OR…

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org IRIN Emergency Update No.79 on the Great Lakes (Wednesday 15 January 1997) - Church officials in Burundi claimed other massacres occurred last month, in the…

For further information contact Jeff Drumtra, Africa Policy Analyst, at the U.S. Committee for Refugees, 1717 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Suite 701, Washington, DC 20036; Tel: (202) 347-3507; Fax: (202) 347-3418; E-mail: khope@irsa-uscr.org. The U.S. Committee for Refugees (USCR) calls on the government of…

01 Dec 1996 - 15 Jan 1997 I. HIGHLIGHTS -Twenty-six faction leaders concluded talks in Sodere, Ethiopia, on 3 January and announced the formation of a National Salvation Council.' Notably absent were Hussein Aidid and Mohamed Egal. -South Mogadishu experienced the…

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org IRIN Emergency Update No.78 on the Great Lakes (Tuesday 14 January 1997) UNHCR in Burundi has confirmed the massacre by the army of some 120…

by Moyiga Nduru NAIROBI, Jan 14 (IPS) - A new alliance between southern rebels and northern opposition groups has brought Sudan's civil war closer to Khartoum, posing one of the biggest threats ever to the Islamic fundamentalist regime of…

A weekly report on major developments concerning relief operations in southern Sudan. ANOTHER 290 UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN ARRIVE IN NEW CUSH... The Sudan Relief and Rehabilitation Association (SRRA) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) this week began tracing the families of some…