Reports

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 441125 Fax: +254 2 448816 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org IRIN Daily Summary of Main Events in Burundi 20 August 1996 Sources for the information below include UN agencies, NGOs, other international organisations and media…

BUTARE, Rwanda (Reuter) - Thousands of Rwandan Hutu refugees fled Burundi Tuesday for their equally troubled homeland despite assurances from Burundi's new Tutsi strongman, Maj. Pierre Buyoya, that he opposed expulsions. U.N. refugee agency officials said a total of 3,313 Rwandans…

By CHRIS TOMLINSON Associated Press Writer BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AP) -- Burundi's military ruler removed three key subordinates Tuesday, including one officer implicated by a U.N. report in the murder of the country's first democratically elected president. A terse statement from the office…

M E M O R A N D U M Dear Friends, With reference to our invitation to attend the subject meeting, we are pleased to enclose herewith the Minutes and the Terms of Reference of the ERP Evaluation. We…

BUTARE, Rwanda (Reuter) - Aid agencies Tuesday prepared to receive thousands of Rwandan Hutu refugees fleeing Burundi because they fear for their lives after pressure from the Tutsi-dominated army. ''We are expecting some 4,500 refugees today (Tuesday),'' Stephano Severe, head of…

Appeal Target : US 424,067 In a city which used to have a hospital, three health centres and 46 health posts, only the hospital was still operational by 1995. In a province that has been battered by…

HR/SC/96/19 Measure Also Passed Supporting Middle East Peace Process The Subcommission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities called for an end to human-rights abuses in Kosovo and Iraq and urged international judicial assistance for Rwanda and Burundi. The Subcommission's recommendations…

By SARAH MARTONE BUTARE, Rwanda (AP) -- Thousands of Rwandan Hutu refugees came home aboard U.N. trucks Monday from a camp in Burundi where soldiers beat three refugees to death over the weekend. The convoy of more than 60…

Recalling its declarations of 25 June and 5, 15, 23 and 26 July 1996, the European Union reiterates its deep concern about the situation in Burundi. It urges all sides to refrain from violence and to commit themselves to,…