Reports

ROME - The World Food Programme is concerned that sanctions imposed on Burundi are preventing humanitarian relief from entering the country thereby threatening the wellbeing of hundreds of thousands of people. WFP also expressed concern that the cut-off of emergency food,…

DATE=8/6/96 TITLE=U-N / BURUNDI (L ONLY) BYLINE=DOUGLAS ROBERTS DATELINE=GENEVA INTRO: THE TOP U-N HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICIAL HAS CALLED FOR BURUNDI'S LEADERS TO PUT AN END TO THE VIOLENCE THAT HAS WRACKED THE COUNTRY FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS. V-O-A'S DOUGLAS ROBERTS REPORTS THE…

DATE=8/6/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-201335 TITLE=BURUNDI SANCTIONS (S) BYLINE=SCOTT STEARNS DATELINE=NAIROBI CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: KENYA HAS JOINED TANZANIA BY IMPOSING ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AGAINST BURUNDI. AS V-O-A'S SCOTT STEARNS REPORTS, EAST AFRICAN HEADS OF STATE LAST WEEK ANNOUNCED AN EMBARGO AGAINST THE NEW MILITARY GOVERNMENT. TEXT: KENYA HAS SUSPENDED ALL…

From Ghion Hagos; PANA Staff Correspondent ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (PANA) - South African vice president Thabo Mbeki Tuesday reiterated his government's full support for the OAU stand on Burundi where a conflict between the Tutsi minority and the Hutu majority…

NOTE TO THE SPOKESMAN DHA is studying the possible consequences of sanctions against Burundi with respect to the delivery of humanitarian assistance. The five-person DHA mission was due to leave Bujumbura today en route to Nairobi aboard a WFP flight. However, as…

An African sanctions initiative against Burundi's new Tutsi military-controlled government gathered pace as Kenya joined Tanzania in suspending all trade links with the ethnically riven, landlocked country. Economic analysts said the trade sanctions could bring Burundi to a halt within…

Please note: the earlier version of this update contained an inaccurate item. The item headed "Reports of outbreaks cause concern" should have been removed, as a medical assessment team in the location reported today that there was no unusual disease.…

The Central Organ of the OAU Mechanism for Conflict Prevention, Management and Resolution, met at Ambassadorial level on 5 August 1996, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 2. The meeting considered the Report of the Secretary General on recent developments in Burundi…

(excerpt) HR/CERD/96/33 VIOLENCE IN BURUNDI A REMINDER OF HOW VIGILANT INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY MUST REMAIN, HUMAN RIGHTS HIGH COMMISSIONER TELLS ANTI-BIAS PANEL Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Also Continues Consideration of Brazilian Report The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, José…

BUJUMBURA, Burundi (Reuter) - Prime Minister Pascal Firmin Ndimira on Tuesday appealed to Burundians to avoid panic over sanctions imposed on the country and human-rights group Amnesty International accused the new Tutsi junta of ethnic killings. Ndimira made his appeal…