Reports

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…

DATE=8/6/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-201352 TITLE=RWANDA / BURUNDI REFUGEES (L ONLY) BYLINE=CHRIS TOMLINSON DATELINE=KIGALI CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: THE FLOW OF REFUGEES INTO RWANDA FROM BURUNDI INCREASED AGAIN TUESDAY AFTER A TEMPORARY HALT IN REPATRIATIONS ON SATURDAY. CHRIS TOMLINSON IN KIGALI REPORTS OFFICIALS SAY SANCTIONS AGAINST BURUNDI MAY…

DATE=8/6/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-201343 TITLE=U-N / BURUNDI (L ONLY) BYLINE=DOUGLAS ROBERTS DATELINE=GENEVA CONTENT= VOICED AT: 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…

DATE=8/6/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-201337 TITLE=AMNESTY / BURUNDI (S ONLY) BYLINE=SCOTT STEARNS DATELINE=NARIOBI CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: THE HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL SAYS BURUNDI'S NEW MILITARY GOVERNMENT IS CONTINUING TO KILL CIVILIANS. V-O-A EAST AFRICA CORRESPONDENT SCOTT STEARNS REPORTS THE CHARGE FOLLOWS A UNITED NATIONS REPORT THAT…

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…

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.…