Reports

Nana Rosine Ngangoue Le regain de tension régionale suite au massacre à Gatumba au Burundi de plus de 160 réfugiés congolais, dans la nuit de vendredi à samedi dernier, inquiète au plus haut point la Mission des Nations Unies en…

La lutte contre l'impunité est une exigence pour le Burundi 1. Les organisations signataires ont été profondément choquées par le massacre perpétré contre les réfugiés congolais de la tribu des Banyamulenge à Gatumba, en commune de Mutimbuzi, province de Bujumbura rural…

AI Index: AFR 34/012/2004 On 18 August 2003 a Comprehensive Peace Agreement was concluded in Accra, Ghana, to end more than 14 years of internal armed conflict in Liberia. It was signed by all parties to the conflict - the…

PEACE AND SECURITY COUNCIL 15TH MEETING 17 AUGUST 2004 ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA PSC/PR/Comm.(XV) The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU), at its fifteenth meeting held on 17 August 2004, adopted the following Communiqué on the situation in Burundi: Council, 1. Strongly…

AI Index: AFR 34/014/2004 (Public) News Service No: 205 Hopes were raised on 18 August last year that Liberia's protracted human rights crisis would finally end but major challenges remain, Amnesty International said today in a new report. "The Comprehensive Peace…

AI Index: AFR 16/020/2004 "It is essential that the killings of more than 150 Congolese refugees in Burundi are the subject of an independent impartial investigation, the findings of which should be made public and acted upon so that the…

ABECHE, Chad, Aug. 17 (UNHCR) - More than 500 Sudanese have arrived in Chad in the first significant crossing from Sudan's strife-torn Darfur region in about two months, the UN refugee agency reported on Tuesday. Also on Tuesday, Jean-Marie Fakhouri, UNHCR's…

Chers membres des familles des victimes, Monsieur le Président, Monsieur le Vice-Président, Excellences, Mesdames, Messieurs Chers amis réunis par la douleur et la souffrance, j'écoute les mots et les cris des femmes. Je suis venue ici pour vous présenter mes plus sincères condoléances et…

BUJUMBURA, Aug. 17 (UNHCR) - UN peacekeepers have tightened security along the tense borders of Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in the wake of Friday's massacre of 151 Congolese refugees at the Gatumba transit centre…

Jesuit Refugee Service Dawson Williams 16 August 2004 Introduction The Zambian Ministry of Home Affairs and UNHCR have made concerted efforts to convince the Rwandan refugee community in Zambia to repatriate. Rwanda has arranged tripartite agreements with UNHCR and the various countries…