BURUNDI: Army rejects separate negotiations with CNDD-FDD

Army spokesman Colonel Login Minani said on Wednesday there was no question of bilateral negotiations with Jean-Bosco Ndayikengurukiye, leader of the rebel Conseil national pour la dÚfense de la democratie - Forces pour la dÚfense de la democratie (CNDD-FDD),

Western diplomats here on Wednesday named the representative as Rini Serri of Italy and said he would be sent in January.

The EU presidency, currently held by Finland, last week named the Italian secretary of state for foreign affairs "to bolster the OAU effort and help the EU countries to come up with a better understanding and interpretation of the situation" in the

The trip to the border takes several days. Ethiopia has expelled more than 65,000 Eritreans since May 1998, when war broke out along the 1,000-kilometre (600-mile) border between the two Horn of Africa neighbours, according to Eritrean figures.

"It's incredible that they would do this on Christmas Day. The Red Cross alerted us to the fact that the

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Angola. Government offensives in the Central Highlands have resulted in new displacement and subsequent humanitarian needs. Very high prevalences of malnutrition have once more been re-ported in Malange among children and also adults, and thus the situation has not improved since the last survey in June and affects both IDPs and the resident population.

"The Afar people living in the Bada area are quite isolated and are particularly in need of relief assistance," the government said in a communique, adding that people in the central Zala Anbesa-Egala region were also suffering from malnutrition.

Both areas are occupied by Eritrean troops, and no international relief organization is working in the area, humanitarian sources said.

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"Prime Minister Meles Zenawi explained in detail the objections of Ethiopia concerning the technical arrangements" of the peace plan, a diplomat told AFP.

The OAU peace plan was accepted in principle by both sides, which have been at war since May 1998, but Addis Ababa has objected to implementation details.

In particular, Ethiopia has insisted

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This is the last of three annual issues of this report prepared by the FAO Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS) on the food supply situation and cereal import and food aid requirements for all countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The report is designed to provide the latest analysis and information on the food situation in these countries to governments, international organizations and other institutions engaged in relief operations.