Reports

By GEORGE GEDDA WASHINGTON (AP) -- When Secretary of State Warren Christopher testified on a range of issues before two congressional committees recently, the world's most compelling humanitarian crisis barely got a mention. Lawmakers probed Christopher for four hours about the Middle…

Coups durs pour le nouveau régime Le coup d'Etat burundais, perpétré sans effusion de sang la semaine dernière, commence à connaître ses premières vraies difficultés. Si, dans un premier temps, la non-condamnation et la compréhension des partenaires occidentaux semblaient de…

DATE=8/3/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-201241 TITLE=RWANDA/REFUGEES (S&L) BYLINE=CHRIS TOMLINSON DATELINE=KINYARU-HAUT CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: MORE THAN TWO-THOUSAND FIVE-HUNDRED RWANDAN REFUGEES HAVE RETURNED HOME IN THE LAST TWO DAYS, BUT MORE THAN 63-THOUSAND REMAIN IN NORTHERN BURUNDI AFTER MORE THAN TWO YEARS IN EXILE. AS CHRIS TOMLINSON…

By Daniel J. Shepard Earth Times News Service After a public appeal by the World Food Programme to Sudan to allow food to be airlifted to remote, rebel-held areas, the government of Sudan relented and has allowed the food deliveries to…

(AP) -- The following are key events in Somalia's recent history: January 26, 1991: President Mohammed Siad Barre ousted by rebel coalition; clan-based factions soon fight among themselves. December 1991: Humanitarian groups begin warning of serious famine and difficulties of…

BUJUMBURA, Burundi (Aug 1, 1996 8:23 p.m. EDT) -- Sweaty men shuttle burlap sacks bulging with coffee beans into a port warehouse, while a huge crane swings tons of Zambian sugar onto the quay. For now, Bujumbura's port is busy,…

This report includes: A) Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire and Tanzania B) Somalia C) Liberia and Sierra Leone D) Iraq E) WFP on the Web update. From B. Szynalski, Director, Operational Policy and Support Division. For information regarding resources, donors are requested to…

BUJUMBURA, Burundi (Reuter) -- Burundians began stocking up on supplies Thursday, fearing economic sanctions threatened by regional leaders. On Wednesday, African leaders decided to impose an embargo on landlocked Burundi to force the week-old junta to return the country to…

MOGADISHU, Somalia (Reuter) - Somali faction leader Mohamed Farah Aideed, whose militiamen plagued a U.N. peacekeeping force, has died from bullet wounds, aides said on Friday. His death raised hopes for a possible end to violence in the devastated Horn…

By CHRIS TOMLINSON Associated Press Writer KANYARU-HATU, Rwanda (AP) -- Rwandan refugees fearing reprisal from the new Tutsi government in Burundi began returning home voluntarily Friday. U.N. refugee officials said at least 1,700 had crossed the border, and the number was…