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Coups durs pour le nouveau régime Le coup d'Etat burundais, perpétré sans effusion de sang la semaine dernière, commence à connaître ses premières vraies difficultés. Si, dans un premier temps, la non-condamnation et la compréhension des partenaires occidentaux semblaient de…

DATE=8/3/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-201241 TITLE=RWANDA/REFUGEES (S&L) BYLINE=CHRIS TOMLINSON DATELINE=KINYARU-HAUT CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: MORE THAN TWO-THOUSAND FIVE-HUNDRED RWANDAN REFUGEES HAVE RETURNED HOME IN THE LAST TWO DAYS, BUT MORE THAN 63-THOUSAND REMAIN IN NORTHERN BURUNDI AFTER MORE THAN TWO YEARS IN EXILE. AS CHRIS TOMLINSON…

BUJUMBURA, Burundi (Aug 1, 1996 8:23 p.m. EDT) -- Sweaty men shuttle burlap sacks bulging with coffee beans into a port warehouse, while a huge crane swings tons of Zambian sugar onto the quay. For now, Bujumbura's port is busy,…

BUJUMBURA, Burundi (Reuter) -- Burundians began stocking up on supplies Thursday, fearing economic sanctions threatened by regional leaders. On Wednesday, African leaders decided to impose an embargo on landlocked Burundi to force the week-old junta to return the country to…

This report includes: A) Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire and Tanzania B) Somalia C) Liberia and Sierra Leone D) Iraq E) WFP on the Web update. From B. Szynalski, Director, Operational Policy and Support Division. For information regarding resources, donors are requested to…

By CHRIS TOMLINSON Associated Press Writer KANYARU-HATU, Rwanda (AP) -- Rwandan refugees fearing reprisal from the new Tutsi government in Burundi began returning home voluntarily Friday. U.N. refugee officials said at least 1,700 had crossed the border, and the number was…

By Stephen Buckley For months now, Burundi's border with Zaire ostensibly has been closed. But that has not stopped Burundian traders from smuggling goods and commodities across the border with ease. And, according to economic analysts and diplomats, that fact would…

FROM SAM KILEY IN BUJUMBURA AFRICAN leaders vowed yesterday to impose tough economic sanctions against Burundi's new military regime, and demanded that it open negotiations with Hutu rebels or face "tougher measures". Major Pierre Buyoya, who seized power in a coup…

BUJUMBURA (Aug 1, 1996 08:41 a.m. EDT) Burundi's military junta marked a week in power on Thursday vowing to overcome economic sanctions aimed at bringing it down. Central and East African leaders agreed at a summit in Tanzania on Wednesday…

DATE=8/1/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-201113 TITLE=LIBERIA / ECOWAS (S) BYLINE=PURNELL MURDOCK DATELINE«IDJAN CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: LIBERIA'S WARRING FACTIONS HAVE AGREED TO END ALL HOSTILITIES IMMEDIATELY AND TO DISARM THEIR SOLDIERS. V-O-A WEST AFRICA CORRESPONDENT PURNELL MURDOCK REPORTS THE FACTION LEADERS REACHED THE AGREEMENT AFTER MEETINGS WITH THE NEW…