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BUJUMBURA, Burundi - Several Burundian politicians took shelter in the German ambassador's residence Thursday after an apparent coup by the Tutsi-led army forced the country's Hutu president to flee his palace. President Sylvestre Ntibantunganya remained at the residence of U.S. Ambassador…

WASHINGTON (Reuter) - Burundi President Sylvestre Ntibantunganya is expected shortly to leave the residence of the U.S. ambassador in Bujumbura where he sought refuge on Tuesday, the State Department said on Wednesday. Spokesman Nicholas Burns said the U.S. special envoy to…

[IRIN Note: Following is the text of the address given for Pierre Buyoya= on national Burundi media last night, 25 July 1996.] Message du President BUYOYA a la Nation Les forces armees burundaise auxquelles se sont joints les forces vives de la nation ont…

DAILY HIGHLIGHTS This document is prepared by the Central News Section of the Department of Public Information and is updated every week-day at approximately 6:00 PM. UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali has expressed deep concern at reports that the armed forces of…

Burundi's government was in tatters this week, as the bitter ethnic civil war in the country worsened, and the President unable to rely on the protection of his army - fled to the US embassy. Burundi's government is a…

" In view of the socio-political disorder in which the country has been plunged, the inability of the country's institutions to deal with this catastrophic situation, the de facto resignation of the President of the Republic, the fact that unspeakable acts…

BUJUMBURA, Burundi (Reuter) - Burundi's Tutsi-dominated army announced a military take-over Thursday and named the former ruler, Maj. Pierre Buyoya, as the head of its junta, state radio said. The army cited insecurity in the ethnically divided country and government failure…

[ Note: This item is extracted from the full briefing.] U.S. Department of State 96/07/25 Daily Press Briefing Office of the Spokesman Briefer: Nicholas Burns BURUNDI Curfew Imposed/Major Pierre Buyoya Named Interim President/ National Assembly Suspended/U.S. Support for Arusha Peace Process............................................1-2 Amb Wolpe to Return…

By BARBARA CROSSETTE UNITED NATIONS -- Fearing that Burundi is on the verge of a political collapse, the United Nations is assembling an intervention force that could be used to prevent the country's ethnic Tutsi and Hutu from beginning a…

BUJUMBURA (Reuter) - Burundi's Tutsi-dominated army seized power Thursday, ending a power vacuum and defying world leaders who had threatened heavy penalties if there was a coup. The army installed a former military president, Major Pierre Buyoya, as head of…