|
|
Article: U.S., U.N. Consider Peace Force to Counter New Violence in Burundi
- Article from:
- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- May 12, 1996
- Author:
CopyrightThis material is published under license from the Washington Post. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post. (Hide copyright information)
|
Spurred by fear of new violence in Burundi, U.S. and U.N.
officials are discussing formation of an international military
force that could intervene if feuding Tutsi and Hutu tribes engage
in massacres in that central African nation.
Concern that Burundi is skidding toward a replay of the civil
war that killed thousands of people in neighboring Rwanda has nagged
at the United Nations for months. But, despite repeated warnings by
Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali that the situation is
deteriorating rapidly, no member states have been willing to take
the lead in forming and contributing troops to the kind of
multinational force that the secretary general says might be
required.
...