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BUJUMBURA, Burundi (Pana) - The chairman of the Unity for National Progress (Uprona) led by Charles Mukasi said Monday in Bujumbura that the party has decided to withdraw its support for President Sylvestre Ntibantunganya. "I cannot publicly here tell you the…

SG/SM/6025 </b>22 July 1996 The following statement was made today by the Spokesman for the Secretary-General: Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali has learned with the utmost dismay of the latest massacre of civilians in Burundi. More than 300 women, children…

Background Potentially one of Africa's richest countries, Angola has been at war since the 1950s when its struggle for independence from Portuguese colonial rule began. By the time independence was secured in November 1975, Angola had become divided into zones…

(FR) (More than 300 killed near Gitega July 20) (220) WASHINGTON -- The United States condemned the July 20 massacre of more than 300 unarmed civilians near Gitega, Burundi, in a statement released July 22 by the State Department. Following is…

For the first time in ten months, the World Food Programme has resumed C-130 airlift/airdrop deliveries of relief food rations to thousands of hungry people in southern Sudan. The operation follows the announcement last week of agreement by the…

BUJUMBURA, Burundi (Reuter) - Burundi's Tutsi dominated army stepped up its expulsions of Rwandan Hutu refugees Monday and at least two refugees died of suffocation after being forced to leave in crammed container trucks, a U.N. official said. The army…

FROM SCOTT STRAUS IN BUJUMBURA, BURUNDI AND OUR FOREIGN STAFF A MASSACRE in central Burundi at the weekend has left at least 300 dead. Journalists who visited the scene at Bungendana reported seeing the bodies after renewed ethnic fighting on Saturday. "I…

BUJUMBURA, Burundi (Reuter) - Angry crowds stoned the helicopter of Burundi's Hutu president Tuesday as he tried to attend the mass funeral of 304 members of the Tutsi minority tribe slain over the weekend, officials and state radio said. President…

This report includes: A) Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire and Tanzania B) Uganda and Sudan C) Liberia. From B. Szynalski, Director, Operational Policy and Support Division. For information regarding resources, donors are requested to contact Mr. F. Strippoli or Mr. M. Crosthwaite,…

This report includes: A) Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire and Tanzania B) Uganda and Sudan C) Liberia. From B. Szynalski, Director, Operational Policy and Support Division. For information regarding resources, donors are requested to contact Mr. F. Strippoli or Mr. M. Crosthwaite,…