Update
30 Apr 96 - The main highway linking
Burundi's capital to much of the rest of the country was closed for a second
day on
Tuesday because landmines laid by rebels, security forces said. They said
the mines were a new move by Hutu rebels to cut off the capital, dominated
by the Tutsi minority, from the rest of Burundi where fighting has uprooted
100,000 people in the last two months. (Source: Reuters)
22 Dec. 95 - The UN Secretary-General
appointed Marc Faguy of Canada as his Special Representative to Burundi
after
voicing concern about the country's deteriorating internal security situation.
The day before, grenade attacks on WFP and
ICRC compounds in Central Burundi wounded one UNHCR employee. CARE International
suspended operations until 1
January 1996.
Overview
SITUATION - Burundi is mine affected
country due to the deteriorating and overflowing unstable security conditions
in
neighboring Rwanda and Zaire. ICRC suspended water suuplies into a drought
afected northern region because of mine
attacks against its personnel and property.
Number of Mines
N/A
Inhumane Weapons Convention
non-signatory
Moratorium on the export of anti-personnel mines
