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U N I T E D N A T I O N S Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 441125 Fax: +254 2 448816 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org This is number 18 in a series of weekly reports from…

BUJUMBURA, July 22 (Reuter) - At least two Rwandan Hutu refugees died of suffocation on Monday after Burundi's Tutsi-dominated army crammed them in container trucks and forced them back into their homeland, a U.N. official said. The army accelerated its…

BUJUMBURA, July 22 (Reuter) - Burundi's Tutsi-dominated army accelerated the expulsion of Rwandan Hutu refugees on Monday as the central African nation began a week of mourning for the latest victims of ethnic massacres. The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)…

BUJUMBURA, Burundi (Pana) - The chairman of the Unity for National Progress (Uprona) led by Charles Mukasi said Monday in Bujumbura that the party has decided to withdraw its support for President Sylvestre Ntibantunganya. "I cannot publicly here tell you the…

SG/SM/6025 </b>22 July 1996 The following statement was made today by the Spokesman for the Secretary-General: Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali has learned with the utmost dismay of the latest massacre of civilians in Burundi. More than 300 women, children…

(FR) (More than 300 killed near Gitega July 20) (220) WASHINGTON -- The United States condemned the July 20 massacre of more than 300 unarmed civilians near Gitega, Burundi, in a statement released July 22 by the State Department. Following is…

BUJUMBURA, Burundi (Reuter) - Burundi's Tutsi dominated army stepped up its expulsions of Rwandan Hutu refugees Monday and at least two refugees died of suffocation after being forced to leave in crammed container trucks, a U.N. official said. The army…

FROM SCOTT STRAUS IN BUJUMBURA, BURUNDI AND OUR FOREIGN STAFF A MASSACRE in central Burundi at the weekend has left at least 300 dead. Journalists who visited the scene at Bungendana reported seeing the bodies after renewed ethnic fighting on Saturday. "I…

BUJUMBURA, Burundi (Reuter) - Angry crowds stoned the helicopter of Burundi's Hutu president Tuesday as he tried to attend the mass funeral of 304 members of the Tutsi minority tribe slain over the weekend, officials and state radio said. President…

This report includes: A) Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire and Tanzania B) Uganda and Sudan C) Liberia. From B. Szynalski, Director, Operational Policy and Support Division. For information regarding resources, donors are requested to contact Mr. F. Strippoli or Mr. M. Crosthwaite,…