Reports

(Bujumbura: 10 July 2003) Fighting between rebels and government forces in Burundi's capital, Bujumbura, has killed up to twenty civilians, injured as many as 100 and displaced some 5,000 more since Monday. Clashes between the Palipehutu-FNL (Agathon Rwasa) and the Armed…

Press release No. 03/52 Bujumbura (ICRC) - In the early hours of 7 July, fierce clashes broke out in Bujumbura between the Burundian armed forces and the Forces for National Liberation, one of the two armed opposition movements in Burundi.…

SG/SM/8777 AFR/660 Following is the statement delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the African Union Summit in Maputo, Mozambique, on 10 July: Let me first thank our hosts, President Joaquim Chissano and the people of Mozambique, for their wonderful welcome and generous hospitality.…

Paris, le 9 juillet 2003 La Fédération internationale des ligues des droits de l'Homme (FIDH) est extrêmement préoccupée par l'aggravation du conflit, marquée ces dernières heures par le largage aveugle de bombes par les rebelles des Forces nationales de libération…

Press Release Marie-Thérèse Keita Bocoum, the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Burundi, has appealed to the fighting parties in Burundi to respect the rights of the civilian population, in particular…

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 9, 2003 - Robert Warwick, the IRC's West Africa regional director, says an international stabilization force is urgently needed in Liberia to ensure civilian protection and access to aid. Warwick made the call today in Washington, in testimony…

I. Military/Political Developments On Sunday, 6th July, the Nigerian president visited Liberia to discuss the temporary asylum offer to president Charles Taylor. Speaking after their meeting at the Roberts International Airport, President Taylor confirmed acceptance of Nigeria's offer of asylum…

AI Index: IOR 10/004/2003 (Public) On the eve of the African Union (AU) summit in Maputo, Amnesty International calls on all African governments to fulfil their obligations under international law and to cooperate fully with the Special Court for Sierra…

Washington, D.C., July 8, 2003 - U.S. troops deployed properly throughout Liberia, a country slightly larger than Ohio, could help begin to stabilize West Africa, a region replete with struggling democracies that host more than 1 million of each…

(New York, July 8, 2003) The war in Congo has been misdescribed as a local ethnic rivalry when in fact it represents an ongoing struggle for power at the national and international levels, Human Rights Watch said in a…