Reports

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…

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…

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…

From Ghion Hagos; PANA Staff Correspondent ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (PANA) - South African vice president Thabo Mbeki Tuesday reiterated his government's full support for the OAU stand on Burundi where a conflict between the Tutsi minority and the Hutu majority…

DATE=8/6/96 TITLE=U-N / BURUNDI (L ONLY) BYLINE=DOUGLAS ROBERTS DATELINE=GENEVA INTRO: THE TOP U-N HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICIAL HAS CALLED FOR BURUNDI'S LEADERS TO PUT AN END TO THE VIOLENCE THAT HAS WRACKED THE COUNTRY FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS. V-O-A'S DOUGLAS ROBERTS REPORTS THE…

DATE=8/6/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-201335 TITLE=BURUNDI SANCTIONS (S) BYLINE=SCOTT STEARNS DATELINE=NAIROBI CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: KENYA HAS JOINED TANZANIA BY IMPOSING ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AGAINST BURUNDI. AS V-O-A'S SCOTT STEARNS REPORTS, EAST AFRICAN HEADS OF STATE LAST WEEK ANNOUNCED AN EMBARGO AGAINST THE NEW MILITARY GOVERNMENT. TEXT: KENYA HAS SUSPENDED ALL…