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Burundi's government was in tatters this week, as the bitter ethnic civil war in the country worsened, and the President unable to rely on the protection of his army - fled to the US embassy. Burundi's government is a…

" In view of the socio-political disorder in which the country has been plunged, the inability of the country's institutions to deal with this catastrophic situation, the de facto resignation of the President of the Republic, the fact that unspeakable acts…

BUJUMBURA, Burundi (Reuter) - Burundi's Tutsi-dominated army announced a military take-over Thursday and named the former ruler, Maj. Pierre Buyoya, as the head of its junta, state radio said. The army cited insecurity in the ethnically divided country and government failure…

[ Note: This item is extracted from the full briefing.] U.S. Department of State 96/07/25 Daily Press Briefing Office of the Spokesman Briefer: Nicholas Burns BURUNDI Curfew Imposed/Major Pierre Buyoya Named Interim President/ National Assembly Suspended/U.S. Support for Arusha Peace Process............................................1-2 Amb Wolpe to Return…

By BARBARA CROSSETTE UNITED NATIONS -- Fearing that Burundi is on the verge of a political collapse, the United Nations is assembling an intervention force that could be used to prevent the country's ethnic Tutsi and Hutu from beginning a…

BUJUMBURA (Reuter) - Burundi's Tutsi-dominated army seized power Thursday, ending a power vacuum and defying world leaders who had threatened heavy penalties if there was a coup. The army installed a former military president, Major Pierre Buyoya, as head of…

BUJUMBURA, Burundi (Reuter) - Burundi's Tutsi-dominated army seized power Thursday, outlawed political parties and closed the airport and land borders, state radio said. It said the new leaders, headed by former military ruler, Major Pierre Buyoya, had disbanded parliament and…

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (Reuter) - The Secretary-General of the Organization of African Unity warned Thursday that any coup in Burundi where the president has taken refuge in the U.S. ambassador's residence would be met by force. ''Any attempt to take…

Oxfam warned today that Burundi is teetering dangerously on the brink of a 'double genocide' with both extremes of the political and ethnic divide committing widespread human rights abuses. The charity claimed that if the international community failed to…

18-24 July 1996 SUMMARY The ECOWAS Summit will be held in Abuja on 26-27 July. The humanitarian community has requested that the following be addressed at the Summit in order to bring a durable solution to the crisis in Liberia:…