Reports

No. 138 Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy and Minister for International Co-operation and Minister Responsible for La Francophonic Pierre S. Pettigrew today expressed support for the Arusha Declaration. The Declaration was made by the Heads of State and of Government of…

REPUBLIC OF RWANDA MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND COOPERATION P.O. BOX 179, KIGALI RWANDA In accordance with the Arusha Declaration of the regional Summit held on 31st July 1996, the Government of the Republic of Rwanda has decided to stop with effect…

by A Correspondent Nairobi - Delegates to a regional summit in the northern Tanzanian town of Arusha on July 31, decided to impose economic sanctions against the tiny central African state of Burundi and condemned the coup d'etat there on…

DATE=8/8/96 TITLE=BURUNDI SANCTIONS (S) BYLINE=SCOTT STEARNS DATELINE=NAIROBI INTRO: THE EAST AFRICAN PLAN TO IMPOSE ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AGAINST BURUNDI IS GATHERING STRENGTH WITH UGANDA JOINING KENYA AND TANZANIA IN SUSPENDING ALL COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS. V-O-A CORRESPONDENT SCOTT STEARNS IN NAIROBI REPORTS KENYA'S FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS HE…

DATE=8/8/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-201425 TITLE=BURUNDI SANCTIONS (S) BYLINE=SCOTT STEARNS DATELINE=NAIROBI CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: THE EAST AFRICAN PLAN TO IMPOSE ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AGAINST BURUNDI IS GATHERING STRENGTH WITH UGANDA JOINING KENYA AND TANZANIA IN SUSPENDING ALL COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS. V-O-A CORRESPONDENT SCOTT STEARNS IN NAIROBI REPORTS KENYA'S FOREIGN MINISTER…

By CHRIS TOMLINSON Associated Press Writer KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) -- Rwanda will join other African nations in imposing economic sanctions on Burundi, but said Thursday it will give the central African nation a week to return to constitutional rule before severing…

Following the Regional Summit held in Arusha Tanzania on 31st July, 1996 and attended by the Presidents of Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Kenya together with the Prime Ministers of the neighbouring countries of Zaire, Ethiopia, and the Secretary General of…

ROME (AP) -- Economic sanctions against Burundi by its neighbors are preventing humanitarian relief from arriving in the country and could fuel more violence, the U.N. food agency says. ''The cutoff of emergency food, medicine and fuel supplies could exacerbate ethnic…

By BARBARA CROSSETTE UNITED NATIONS -- Without waiting for formal international sanctions to be imposed on Burundi, several African nations have closed their borders or severed air links with the landlocked nation in recent days to put pressure on military…

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (PANA) - The United States government on Wednesday donated 2.92 million dollars to the Organization of African Unity (OAU) for its conflict resolution and management activity. An embassy spokesman in Addis Ababa, the seat of the OAU, said…