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29 Aug - 04 Sep 1996 HIGHLIGHTS The Dutch Minister of Development Cooperation, H.E. Minister Jan Pronk, held discussions with the UN Country Team on 1 September, informing the UN Country Team that his government might favorably consider prioritised programmes that…

GENEVA, Sept 3 (Reuter) - United Nations census takers at crowded Rwandan Hutu refugee camps in Zaire faced a boycott by refugees who feared indelible ink used on them for registration might make them sterile or help to identify…

DATE=9/3/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-202568 TITLE=LIBERIA / POL (S) BYLINE=PURNELL MURDOCK DATELINE«IDJAN CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: FORMER LIBERIAN SENATOR RUTH PERRY IS TO BE FORMALLY SWORN IN (TUESDAY) AS THE NEW CHAIRPERSON OF LIBERIA'S INTERIM RULING COUNCIL. V-O-A WEST AFRICA CORRESPONDENT PURNELL MURDOCK REPORTS MRS. PERRY'S APPOINTMENT…

BUJUMBURA, Burundi (Reuter) -- Hutu rebels launched a major attack on an army garrison and local government headquarters in northwestern Burundi on Tuesday, killing many people including the local administrator, according to an army spokesman. He said the Tutsi-dominated army…

DATE=9/3/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-202588 TITLE=RWANDA KILLINGS (S) BYLINE=SCOTT STEARNS DATELINE=KIGALI CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS OBSERVERS IN RWANDA SAY THE ARMY KILLED MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE IN A MILITARY OPERATION LAST MONTH. AS VOA'S SCOTT STEARNS REPORTS, THE ARMY SAYS REBELS BASED IN ZAIRE…

STATEMENT BY THE PRESS SECRETARY The United States Government welcomes the inauguration today in Monrovia of the new Liberian Council of State Chairperson, Ruth Perry. Her selection, coupled with the other important decisions taken at the August 17 ECOWAS Committee…

By CHRIS TOMLINSON BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AP) -- Hutu rebels shelled the capital Tuesday and fought by the hundreds with troops in the north, intensifying their war against Burundi's coup-installed military government. Three mortar shells hit western Bujumbura, with one striking the…

By SARAH MARTONE KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) -- The United Nations asked Rwanda today to investigate a report that the army killed at least 111 civilians in a three-day operation last month. The United Nations said another 52 people were missing…

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The Security Council voted unanimously Friday to keep military observers in Liberia for another three months, but warned warlords that the force could be withdrawn if they do not back peace efforts. The council also said…