Reports

(New York, May 5, 2003) The United Nations Security Council should maintain the arms embargo against the Liberian government and Liberian rebel factions, Human Rights Watch said in a to the Security Council today. The Security Council will review…

PIO/MONUC Au moins 5 personnes ont été tuées et plusieurs autres blessées samedi 3 Mai 2003 à Bunia lors d'affrontements entre groupes armés rivaux de l'Ituri. En milieu de matinée, des échanges de tirs à l'arme légère et à l'arme lourde…

SC/7748 Security Council 4749th Meeting (PM) Says Security, Judicial Reforms Now Crucial To Ensure Success of 36-Month Transitional Period The Security Council this afternoon congratulated the parties in Burundi on a peaceful transition of power in the presidency of the transitional Government…

In refugee camps in Western Tanzania, the current home of more than 350,000 refugees from Burundi, news, like food, is a precious commodity. In Mtendeli Camp in Kibondo District, refugees gather each day at the Information Center at 1:30…

This study documents the management strategies in the education sector in Rwanda since 1994. The author presents the efforts that the Government of Rwanda is making to provide an all-inclusive education system. The paper reviews the following areas - the provision…

United States Agency for International Development Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance Office of Transition Initiatives Conflict Management and Peace Initiatives Description Immediate interventions are identified and implemented to build momentum in support of the peace process. Grassroots groups at the…

The head of the United Nations mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has condemned the spate of violence in the country's volatile northeast, which threatened to eclipse an historic meeting between rebel leaders and Government officials in…

International non-governmental organizations working in Congo have been closely following the recent progress made in the DRC on the road to peace and democracy. We consider the successful end of the Inter-Congolese Dialogue and the imminent installation of the transitional…

(Extracted from JRS Dispatches No. 131) Twice monthly news bulletin from the Jesuit Refugee Service International Office REFUGEE NEWS BRIEFINGS SOUTH KIVU, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, SINKING INTO CHAOS Despite recent peace agreements, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, is sinking back into…

Domitien Ndayizeye, a Hutu of the Democratic Front for Burundi (Front pour la Démocratie au Burundi, Frodebu), will take over the presidency of Burundi from Major Pierre Buyoya, on April 30. The new government must deliver on promises to…