Reports

Despite claims by the new Burundi military leader, Major Pierre Buyoya, that he wants to stop genocide in Burundi, massacres by government forces and armed groups continue unabated, Amnesty International said in a report issued today. Since the coup d'etat…

(FR) (Could exacerbate hostility in the north) (240) By Wendy Lubetkin USIA European Correspondent GENEVA -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says it fears the sanctions imposed against Burundi may exacerbate hostility to the Rwandan refugees who remain in the…

NAIROBI, Kenya (Reuter) - The United Nations Wednesday made a passionate appeal to Tanzania and Kenya for permission to send food aid to more than 700,000 war refugees in landlocked Burundi, now hit by regional economic sanctions. Tanzania and Kenya…

FROM SAM KILEY IN NAIROBI KENYA yesterday tightened the sanctions noose on Burundi's military Government by closing all communications with the central African country and refusing landing rights to aid flights. Bujumbura, Burundi's capital, has been hit hard by sanctions imposed…

By STEFAN LOVGREN Associated Press Writer KIRIBA, Burundi (AP) -- Villagers say the Tutsi soldiers came at dawn. Armed with machine guns and machetes, they took positions around the densely populated clusters of mud huts. Then, mayhem. ''I was looking down on…

By SUSAN LINNEE Associated Press Writer NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Uganda suspended air and road links with Burundi on Wednesday, joining Kenya and Tanzania in sanctions to force Burundi's two-week old military regime to return to constitutional rule. ''If everybody hangs together…

HR/96/40 José Ayala-Lasso Recommends Increase in Number of Observers to Contribute to Stabilization High Commissioner for Human Rights José Ayala Lasso has launched an appeal for contributions from United Nations Member States in order to increase the number of human rights…

BUJUMBURA, Burundi(Reuter) - Human rights group Amnesty International has accused Burundi's Tutsi-led army of killing more than 200 Hutu civilians since seizing power in a coup just under two weeks ago. The report, released by the London-based group on Monday, came…

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,…