Reports

By Christian Jennings BUJUMBURA, June 17 (Reuter) - The Burundian army strongly denied on Monday charges of involvement in a massacre of 71civilians near central Gitega province last week. "This information -- these reports, they are simply and categorically false," Colonel…

General: The entire ICRC delegation pulled out of Burundi on 11 June after receiving multiple threats by telephone during the weekend of 8-9 June. The ICRC had suspended all activities in the country the week previous following the murder of…

KIGALI, June 16 (Reuter) - A total of 34 local government officials were killed in Rwanda in the first five months of this year, the U.N. human rights office in Rwanda says. In a statement, it said it was…

General: The entire ICRC delegation pulled out of Burundi on 11 June after receiving multiple threats by telephone during the weekend of 8-9 June. The ICRC had suspended all activities in the country the week previous following the murder of…

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 13 in a series of weekly reports from…

D. EAST AFRICA: REGIONAL OPERATION FOR BURUNDI, RWANDA, ZAIRE AND TANZANIA 1. Burundi a) Following the death of three ICRC staff members, NGOs suspend non-emergency activities for one week in a measure of solidarity and mourning. Remaining ICRC staff leave Burundi. b)…

New Government Formed to Tackle Economic Crisis On 3 June Angolan President Eduardo Jose dos Santos announced a dramatic reshuffle of his Government to deal with the growing economic and social crisis facing the country. The sacking of the Prime Minister,…

General: The humanitarian community in Burundi reacted with deep shock to the murder in an ambush of three ICRC delegates in Cibitoke Province on Tuesday, 4 June as they were returning from an evaluation mission to Mugina. Following the assassination of…

BUJUMBURA, June 13 (Reuter) - Burundi's army said on Thursday it killed 50 Hutu rebels in an attack on a training camp and an army report blamed rebels for killing three Swiss aid workers. ''With the help of the…