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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:…

(FR) ('Cycle of violence must cease') (210) UNITED NATIONS -- The "cycle of violence must cease" in Burundi, Madeleine K. Albright, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, announced July 24. Albright's comments followed the release of a Security Council presidential…

By STEFAN LOVGREN Associated Press Writer BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AP) -- The Tutsi-led military has staged an apparent coup against the president of Burundi, who took refuge today at the U.S. ambassador's residence, a top presidential advisor said. "The president feared for…

Arusha, Tanzania - The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda has charged five more people allegedly for involvement in the 1994 massacres of between 500,000 and one million people in Rwanda, most of them minority Tutsis and moderate Hutus, by…

Sylvana Foa, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by saying that the Under-Secretary for Administration and Management, Joseph Connor, would brief correspondents on the financial situation of the United Nations and where it stood at present. (His…

BUJUMBURA, Burundi (Reuter) - A spokesman for Burundi's Tutsi-dominated army Wednesday dismissed reports of a coup against Hutu President Sylvestre Ntibantunganya, who has taken refuge in the U.S. embassy. ''There is no military coup in preparation and there is no military…

BUJUMBURA (Reuter) - Burundi's Hutu President Sylvestre Ntibantunganya was in hiding in the U.S. embassy on Wednesday but the Tutsi army denied it was staging a coup. Washington said the president, whose two Hutu predecessors both met violent ends, took…

Press Release SC/6246 Presidential Statement Condemns Massacre of Civilians, Urges All Parties to Cooperate to End Cycle of Violence Expressing its grave concern at recent information on political developments in Burundi, the Security Council this afternoon strongly condemned any attempt to…

BUJUMBURA, Burundi (Reuter) - Burundi will expel 85,000 Rwandan Hutus and empty all refugee camps in the north by next week, a Rwandan minister said Tuesday. Rehabilitation Minister Patrick Mazimhaka said by phone from the Rwandan capital: ''We are not…

From Ghion Hagos; PANA Staff Correspondent ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (PANA) - An Organization of African Unity (OAU) mission leaves for Burundi over the weekend for an on-the-spot assessment of that country's deteriorating political situation, following the massacre of 312 people…