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FROM SAM KILEY IN BUJUMBURA BURUNDI'S new President, facing international condemnation of his takeover, yesterday offered an olive branch to Hutu rebels and pledged to form a government this week to try to silence the clamour for international military…

BUJUMBURA, Burundi (Reuter) - Mainstream Hutu politicians ignored a charm offensive by Burundi's new Tutsi military ruler Monday as troops and Hutu rebels battled in the interior. ''I am a democrat more than others and we could not let other…

By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. BUJUMBURA, Burundi -- "I think the coup is very good, because it will mean peace," said Janine, who was admiring the sunset from a stone breakwater that stretches into Lake Tanganyika. "Before, there were too…

By KARIN DAVIES Associated Press Writer BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AP) -- Burundi's new military-backed president says world leaders who want to help end ethnic violence in the tiny Central African country should keep their troops at home and send mediators instead. Pierre Buyoya,…

Press Release SC/6248 Presidential Statement Calls on Burundian Parties To Halt All Violence and Engage in National Reconciliation Efforts The Security Council this evening condemned the actions that led to the overthrow of constitutional order in Burundi and urged the country's…

By STEFAN LOVGREN Associated Press Writer BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AP) - Thousands of people marched through the streets of the capital today, chanting slogans in support of the Tutsi army major who replaced Burundi's Hutu president in a military coup. Pierre Buyoya was…

Bujumbura - The coup in Burundi on July 25 came despite warnings a day earlier by the United Nations Security Council, the Organization of African Unity (OAU), the European Community and other leading Western nations, that any attempt by the military…

OLS RESUMES C-130 HERCULES FLIGHTS TO SOUTHERN SUDAN. Operation Lifeline Sudan resumed C-130 Hercules flights to southern Sudan yesterday for the first time since last September. In two rotations, the World Food Programme (WFP) airdropped 32 MTs of food to…

General A: Events of 24-25 July Bujumbura, and most other regions of the country remain relatively calm, and UN agencies will resume missions in the field this week. After two days of confusion over who was running the country, Defense Minister…

U N I T E D N A T I O N S Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 441125 Fax: +254 2 448816 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org This is number 19 in a series of weekly reports from…