Rwanda
By CHRIS TOMLINSON Associated Press Writer KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) -- American and U.N. officials advised Americans in Rwanda on Friday to take extra precautions after a shadowy rebel group announced rewards for killing U.S. citizens.The Hutu group, People in Arms for…
Burundi
by A Correspondent Nairobi - Burundi appears to be heading towards political deadlock with East African regional leaders over coming deployment of an African military force to stabilise the war-torn central African nation. Regional leaders see the military force as a peacekeeping…
Rwanda
Kigali - Killings of Rwandan witnesses to the 1994 genocide are on the increase, and totalled 48 people between January and May this year alone, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said in a statement here on June…
Burundi
DATE=8/7/96 TITLE=RWANDA / REFUGEES (S ONLY) BYLINE=CHRIS TOMLINSON DATELINE=KIGALI INTRO: RWANDAN REFUGEES LIVING IN BURUNDI ARE CONTINUING TO RETURN HOME IN RECORD NUMBERS. CHRIS TOMLINSON IN KIGALI REPORTS U-N OFFICIALS ARE OPTIMISTIC THE REPATRIATION WILL CONTINUE. TEXT: THE U-N REFUGEE AGENCY REPORTS THAT MORE THAN…
Sudan
by the Africa Faith and Justice Network Washington, DC - On April 26, 1996, the UN Security Council voted - 13 to 0 with Russia and China abstaining to impose diplomatic sanctions against the Sudan. Sudan had passed the deadline…
Burundi
Washington, DC - Because the crisis in Burundi has not degenerated into a full scale massacre such as that in Rwanda in 1994, the gravity of the present crisis has perhaps not yet fully penetrated our minds. With an…
Angola
THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS REPORT WAS PROVIDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE COORDINATION UNIT IN LUANDA (UCAH) OVERALL SITUATION DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD, THE MINISTRY FOR SOCIAL ASSISTANCE AND REINSERTION HELD A THREE-DAY SEMINAR WITH ITS FIELD STAFF TO REEVALUATE…
Rwanda
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.unep.org This is number 16 in a series of…
Burundi
The information contained in this report was provided by the Office of the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Operational Activities in Burundi, UN Agencies, International Organisations and NGOs 1. General Burundi celebrated its 34th year of independence on 1 July. The 32nd…
Sudan
Louise Tunbridge, Special to The Christian Science Monitor POCHALLA, SUDAN -- Ajulu Omot and her six children sat beneath a tree with the few belongings they had managed to salvage from the flooded Akobo River: several pots, two animal skins, and…
