Reports

OVERALL SITUATION DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD, WHO AND UCAH CARRIED OUT RAPID ASSESSMENT MISSIONS TO CONFIRM REPORTS OF EPIDEMICS IN SAMBA CAJÚ (KWANZA NORTE PROVINCE) AND CAOMBO (MALANGE PROVINCE). A RAPID RESPONSE TEAM COMPRISED BY WHO, UCAH AND UNICEF ALSO…

This report includes: A) Liberia and Sierra Leone B) Democratic People's Republic of Korea C) Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire and Tanzania D) Sudan E) Tajikistan From B. Szynalski, Director, Operational Policy and Support Division. For information regarding resources, donors are requested to…

This report includes: A) Liberia and Sierra Leone B) Democratic People's Republic of Korea C) Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire and Tanzania D) Sudan E) Tajikistan From B. Szynalski, Director, Operational Policy and Support Division. For information regarding resources, donors are requested to…

DATE=5/17/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-197343 TITLE=BURUNDI / SECURITY (L ONLY) BYLINE=ALEX BELIDA DATELINE=NAIROBI CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: THE PRESIDENT OF BURUNDI HAS GIVEN SECURITY SERVICES ONE WEEK TO CRACK DOWN ON THE RAMPANT VIOLENCE THAT HAS RAISED INTERNATIONAL FEARS ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF AN ETHNIC AND POLITICAL…

CARE's response during the Rwandan Crisis On April 28, 1994, an estimated 175,000 Rwandans crossed into Tanzania in one 24-hour period, making it one of the largest and fastest movements of refugees in history. Within two days, CARE's Emergency Unit…

Status report as at 14 May 1996 During the night of 11-12 May, seventeen detainees died in a local detention centre at Kivumu Commune, Kibuye Prefecture. Another five detainees died on 11 and 12 May in a second local detention…

DATE=5/16/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-197305 TITLE=ZAIRE / VIOLENCE (L ONLY) BYLINE=CHRIS TOMLINSON DATELINE=KIGALI CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: HUTUS ARMED WITH ASSAULT RIFLES AND MACHETES HAVE ATTACKED A CHURCH IN EASTERN ZAIRE WHERE HUNDREDS OF FRIGHTENED TUTSIS HAD SOUGHT REFUGE. CHRIS TOMLINSON IN KIGALI REPORTS AID WORKERS SAY AT…

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. The Security Council has expressed concern at the continued deterioration of the security situation in Burundi.…

Washington, DC - Text of prepared statement on Burundi by Anthony Lake, President Clinton's national security adviser on May 14, following talks with top government officials and representatives of local and international organizations in Bujumbura. Lake's itinerary also includes Kigali,…

Following the recent intensification of the civil conflict in Bubanza and Cibitoke provinces in northwestern Burundi, an upsurge in the number of refugees moving across the border into Zaire has been reported. UNHCR now estimates that approximately 23,000 refugees have…