Reports

Emerging and Other Communicable Diseases (EMC) The recent cholera outbreak which occurred in Rumonge, in the south of the country bordering Lake Tanganyika, is continuing and up to 13 January a total of 482 cases with 21 deaths have been reported.…

(Biro hoped to investigate reports of arrests in Khartoum) (630) By Wendy Lubetkin USIA European Correspondent Geneva -- The United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in Sudan, Gaspar Biro, was forced to cut short a visit to that country after Sudan's…

General Developments The cholera epidemic in Bururi, southern Burundi, had so far affected 450 people, killing 17. The Ministry of Health declared that the outbreak is now under control in Bururi province, but fears that the epidemic will continue in…

From Ghion Hagos; PANA Staff Correspondent ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia said Friday its military had played no role in the successful rebel attacks on government troops in Sudan's Blue Nile Province this week. "The latest accusation levelled against Ethiopia…

by unidentified armed individuals in Gisenyi Prefecture, on 13 January 1997 (Status report as at 15 January 1997) On 13 January 1997 at around 2 p.m., an HRFOR team was attacked by a group of about 10 unidentified armed individuals suspected to…

HARARE, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Former Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere said Wednesday African leaders needed to understand the realities of the continent's Great Lakes region before trying to solve its political and security crises. "What happens in Burundi will also affect Rwanda…

UNITED NATIONS OFFICE OF THE UN RESIDENT COORDINATOR FOR THE UN SYSTEM'S OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR DEVELOPMENT IN RWANDA B.P. 445, Kigali Rwanda Phone: (250) 75381, 76906, 72796, 75773 Fax: (250) 76263, 73360 Following the incident in Gisenyi Prefecture on 13 January in which…

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…

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…