Reports

News Service 200/96 AI INDEX: AFR 62/22/96 At a time when Rwandese refugees are under attack in Eastern Zaire, the plight of other victims continues to be ignored by the international community, Amnesty International said today. "More attention should be paid…

(FR) (Tells USIP that 'we are in end game now') (890) By Jim Fisher-Thompson USIA Staff Writer WASHINGTON -- Ambassador Paul Hare, the man President Clinton has named to help broker a lasting peace in war-torn Angola, says he is optimistic about…

A World Food Programme team in Burundi today handed out a one-week food package to 2,500 former Burundian refugees from Uvira, mostly women and children, who have just arrived in Gatumba town, 19 kms west of Bujumbura. WFP expects…

Judith Matloff, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor JOHANNESBURG -- The Great Lakes region of central Africa threatens to become the scene of a humanitarian catastrophe as concerns grow that a long-dreaded regional Hutu-Tutsi conflict may finally happen. The latest power…

From Ghion Hagos; PANA Staff Correspondent ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (PANA) A delegation of the Organisation of Africa Unity (OAU), left Addis Ababa on Wednesday for Rwanda and Zaire, in an effort halt the fighting in eastern Zaire. The delegation, headed by…

UN sets UNITA 20 November ultimatum In a significant new indication of growing impatience with UNITA's prevarication, the United Nations Security Council has given UNITA the deadline of 20 November to complete specific military tasks or face the prospect of…

UPDATE TWO Background Since Sudan's independence from colonial rule in 1956, the country has been beset by major problems: an impoverished economy, foreign debt, recurrent and prolonged periods of drought, and civil war. Anglo-Egyptian rule at the turn of the century brought…

Relief assistance continues in Pochalla...Displaced kits, donated by World Vision International, have been distributed to flood- affected families in the Pochalla area since flight clearance to the area was received in October. On 26 October, a UNICEF project officer reported:…

DATE=10/29/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-205261 TITLE=ANGOLA / UNITA (L ONLY) BYLINE=ALEX BELIDA DATELINE=JOHANNESBURG CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: A TOP OFFICIAL OF ANGOLA'S FORMER REBEL MOVEMENT "UNITA" SAY THAT WITH HELP FROM THE UNITED NATIONS AND COOPERATION FROM THE GOVERNMENT IN LUANDA, UNITA CAN MEET ITS DEMILITARIZATION COMMITMENTS BY…

KHARTOUM, Sudan (PANA)-The Sudanese government has ruled out peace talks with the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA), which is fighting in southern Sudan against the Khartoum government. Foreign Minister Ali Asman Mohammed Taha said in an interview carried by…