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DATE=8/8/96 TITLE=BURUNDI SANCTIONS (S) BYLINE=SCOTT STEARNS DATELINE=NAIROBI INTRO: THE EAST AFRICAN PLAN TO IMPOSE ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AGAINST BURUNDI IS GATHERING STRENGTH WITH UGANDA JOINING KENYA AND TANZANIA IN SUSPENDING ALL COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS. V-O-A CORRESPONDENT SCOTT STEARNS IN NAIROBI REPORTS KENYA'S FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS HE…

DATE=8/8/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-201425 TITLE=BURUNDI SANCTIONS (S) BYLINE=SCOTT STEARNS DATELINE=NAIROBI CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: THE EAST AFRICAN PLAN TO IMPOSE ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AGAINST BURUNDI IS GATHERING STRENGTH WITH UGANDA JOINING KENYA AND TANZANIA IN SUSPENDING ALL COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS. V-O-A CORRESPONDENT SCOTT STEARNS IN NAIROBI REPORTS KENYA'S FOREIGN MINISTER…

By CHRIS TOMLINSON Associated Press Writer KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) -- Rwanda will join other African nations in imposing economic sanctions on Burundi, but said Thursday it will give the central African nation a week to return to constitutional rule before severing…

Following the Regional Summit held in Arusha Tanzania on 31st July, 1996 and attended by the Presidents of Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Kenya together with the Prime Ministers of the neighbouring countries of Zaire, Ethiopia, and the Secretary General of…

ROME (AP) -- Economic sanctions against Burundi by its neighbors are preventing humanitarian relief from arriving in the country and could fuel more violence, the U.N. food agency says. ''The cutoff of emergency food, medicine and fuel supplies could exacerbate ethnic…

Adopted by the Security Council at its 3562nd meeting, on 7 August 1995 The Security Council, Reaffirming its resolution 696 (1991) of 30 May 1991 and all subsequent relevant resolutions, Having considered the report of the Secretary-General dated 17 July 1995 (S/1995/588), Welcoming…

By BARBARA CROSSETTE UNITED NATIONS -- Without waiting for formal international sanctions to be imposed on Burundi, several African nations have closed their borders or severed air links with the landlocked nation in recent days to put pressure on military…

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (PANA) - The United States government on Wednesday donated 2.92 million dollars to the Organization of African Unity (OAU) for its conflict resolution and management activity. An embassy spokesman in Addis Ababa, the seat of the OAU, said…

(Excerpt) HR/CERD/96/35 Alarmed by recent developments in Burundi, the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning adopted a resolution calling on the Burundian parties to cease immediately any massacres and to cooperate fully with all those who were seeking…

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…