Reports

From Peter Mwaura; PANA Staff Correspondent YAOUNDE, Cameroon (PANA) - The Government of Rwanda has been urged to improve prison conditions in the country and speed up the trial of all those suspected of involvement in the genocide of 1994. In…

DATE=7/5/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-199784 TITLE=BURUNDI ATTACK (L ONLY) BYLINE=SONJA PACE DATELINE=TEZA PLANTATION, BURUNDI CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: BURIAL SERVICES TOOK PLACE TODAY (FRIDAY) IN A SMALL COMMUNITY IN BURUNDI FOR THE VICTIMS OF A REBEL ATTACK ON A TEA PLANTATION ABOUT 50 KILOMETERS NORTHWEST OF THE CAPITAL,…

Recalling its declaration of 25 June 1996, the European Union congratulates President Mkapa on the organization of the Arusha Regional Summit, which has produced constructive proposals on the conflict in Burundi. It expresses appreciation for the untiring efforts of former…

NAIROBI, Kenya (Reuter) - Burundian Hutu refugees fleeing into Zaire say they saw Rwandan government troops in Burundi's northwestern Cibitoke province, the U.N. refugee agency said on Friday. The reported sightings of Rwandan troops in Burundi backed accusations this week from…

The UN and the donor community need a regional plan to reverse the cycle of genocide BY Iain Guest The recent murder of three Swiss Red Cross officials in Burundi should remind policymakers that this obscure little war is actually vicious…

This report includes: A) General: Resourcing Situation B) Liberia C) Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire and Tanzania 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,…

From Ferdinand Bigumandondera; PANA Correspondent BUJUMBURA, Burundi (PANA) - Thousands of Bujumbura residents staged a demonstration Friday against a proposed sub-regional force to help stem the current bloodletting in Burundi. The demonstration was called by the Tutsi-dominated Unity for National Progress…

AI Index: AFR 54/13/96 UA 170/96 SUDAN Galal Hamid, former Director of the Gezira (agriculture) Scheme, Taj al-Sir Ahmad Abdallahi, President of Ahli Football Club, al-Kheir Ali Arbab, doctor, Abdeen Miheisi, architect and engineer, Osman Abdelgader, trade unionist, Mohamed Abdelghafar,…

From Peter Mwaura; PANA Staff Correspondent YAOUNDE, Cameroon (PANA) - Hundreds of civilians, both Tutsi and Hutu, are being killed each week in Burundi by the military and armed groups, Amnesty International said here Thursday. "Unless the OAU provides bold…

BUJUMBURA, Burundi (PANA) - Several thousand university students in Bujumbura on Thursday demonstrated against proposals to send a regional peacekeeping force into Burundi. The proposal was made last week at a regional summit in Arusha, northern Tanzania, to discuss the…