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UPDATE No. 4 Liberia Refugees Crisis Alert Liberia Crisis Response AFLR61 / Liberia Crisis Response Phase II AFLR62 GENERAL: Despite the absence of widespread news coverage of the current situation in Liberia, it is clear that the status of security in and…

Liberia Crisis Response AFLR61 / Liberia Crisis Response Phase II AFLR62 GENERAL: Despite the absence of widespread news coverage of the current situation in Liberia, it is clear that the status of security in and around Monrovia continues to be serious.…

PRESS COMMUNIQUE OF THE ARUSHA REGIONAL SUMMIT ON BURUNDI 1. At the invitation of President Benjamin Mkapa of the United Republic of Tanzania, Presidents Daniel arap Moi of Kenya, Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, Pasteur Bizimungu of Rwanda, and Sylvestre Ntibantunganya of…

Washington, DC - Following is the prepared testimony by former U.S. Ambassador to Liberia James K. Bishop for the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Africa. Bishop also served as deputy assistant secretary of State for human rights. Thank you…

PRESS COMMUNIQUE OF THE ARUSHA REGIONALSUMMIT ON BURUNDI 1. At the invitation of President Benjamin Mkapa of the United Republic of Tanzania, Presidents Daniel arap Moi of Kenya, Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, Pasteur Bizimungu of Rwanda, and Sylvestre Ntibantunganya of Burundi…

ITARAMA, Rwanda -- Peter Bisetsa believes he can prove his innocence, if he can just get out of jail long enough to see a judge. Bisetsa, 47, a college instructor, has been in the packed, disease-ridden prison here since February…

"We're not excluding any type of assistance which can help us stop the killings." -- Burundian Prime Minister Antoine Nduwayo BUJUMBURA, Burundi (CNN) -- Concerned about what seems to be a frantic arms race among Burundi's ethnic factions, the country's rival leaders…

From Ferdinand Bigumandondera; PANA Corresponden BUJUMBURA, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi's 277,540 ethnic war displaced persons consume 218 tonnes of firewood per day, according to a report issued here. The report, based on a survey conducted in five provinces -- Muyinga, Kirundo, Ngozi…

GOMA: A View From The Field CARE field worker Mark Richardson looks back on the cataclysmic events of last July and what it means to humanitarians worldwide. GOMA, Zaire -- Driving north from town last week, I stopped the Land Rover…

General: NGOs recommenced activities this week after a seven-day mourning for the three ICRC delegates killed in Cibitoke on 4 June. Still, a number of NGOs have minimised activities and/or put certain programmes on stand-by as they continue to assess…