Reports

DATE=10/14/96 TYPE=BACKGROUND REPORT NUMBER=5-34670 TITLE=ZAIRE / ATTACK /REACT BYLINE=WILLLIAM EAGLE DATELINE=WASHINGTON EDITOR= CONTENT= NOT VOICED: INTRO: ON SUNDAY, AN ARMED BAND OF MEN ATTACKED A RWANDAN REFUGEE CAMP IN SOUTH EASTERN ZAIRE -- LEAVING AT LEAST FOUR DEAD AND NINE WOUNDED. A SPOKESMAN FOR THE REFUGEES BLAMES THE…

The Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, Vladimir Petrovsky, this afternoon met the Foreign Minister of Burundi, Luc Rukingama. The Foreign Minister expressed his concern over the decision in Arusha, Tanzania, of governments in the region to maintain the…

BUJUMBURA, Burundi (Reuter) - Burundi's military regime defied regional leaders Monday and ruled out negotiations with Hutu rebels until crippling regional economic and transport sanctions are lifted. Prime Minister Pascal Firmin Ndimira told diplomats the embargo was "a rope around the…

BUJUMBURA (Reuter) - Nearly 20,000 Hutu refugees from Burundi fled their camp in eastern Zaire Sunday after it was attacked by armed men, aid officials said. The assailants were believed to be Banyamulenge, ethnic Tutsis recently ordered out of Zaire by…

DATE=10/13/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-204533 TITLE=BURUNDI /SANCTIONS (S ONLY) BYLINE=CHRIS TOMLINSON DATELINE=BUJUMBURA CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: BURUNDIAN LEADER PIERRE BUYOYA AND SENIOR OFFICIALS ARE EXPRESSING FRUSTRATION AND DISAPPOINTMENT AFTER REGIONAL LEADERS REFUSED TO LIFT CRIPPLING SANCTIONS DESPITE GOVERNMENT CONCESSIONS. REPORTER CHRIS TOMLINSON HAS THE STORY FROM BUJUMBURA. TEXT: IN…

DATE=10/13/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-204530 TITLE=BURUNDI SANCTIONS (L) BYLINE=SCOTT STEARNS DATELINE=ARUSHA CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: EAST AFRICAN HEADS OF STATE SAY BURUNDI'S MILITARY LEADER HAS AGREED TO UNCONDITIONAL PEACE TALKS WITH REBELS. AS SCOTT STEARNS REPORTS, REGIONAL LEADERS DECIDED TO MAINTAIN THEIR ECONOMIC SANCTIONS UNTIL FURTHER PROGRESS IS MADE. TEXT:…

Some 19,000 refugees fled from a camp near Uvira, eastern Zaire on Sunday following an attack on the camp by armed men, described by local media as "Zairean Tutsis". The gunmen are reported to have killed four refugees and…

From Segun Adeyemi; PANA Correspondent NEW YORK, United Nations (PANA) The United Nations, for the second time in a month, has called on Zaire to withdraw allegations that a U.N. agency was involved in acts of aggression against Zaire. U.N. spokeswoman…

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 441125 Fax: +254 2 448816 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org 11 October 1996 IRIN UPDATE ON THE CONFLICT IN SOUTH KIVU, ZAIRE This update attempts to give an account of recent events in the South Kivu…

This report includes: A) Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire and Tanzania B) Liberia and Sierra Leone C) Afghanistan From P. Ares, Chief, Programming Service. For information regarding resources, donors are requested to contact Mr. F. Strippoli or Mr. M. Crosthwaite, WFP Rome…