FBIS4-974
"drafr076_a_94001"
FBIS-AFR-94-076
Daily Report
19 Apr 1994
CENTRAL AFRICA
Burundi
Fresh Ethnic Clashes Erupt Near Bujumbura
Fresh Ethnic Clashes Erupt Near Bujumbura
AB1904172094 Paris AFP in English 1539 GMT 19 Apr 94
AB1904172094
Paris AFP
English
BFN
[Text] Bujumbura, April 19 (AFP) -- New clashes erupted on
the outskirts of Bujumbura Tuesday [19 April] between
Tutsi-dominated army forces and Hutu militants, shattering
several weeks of relative calm, official sources said. The
clashes broke out in Hutu-dominated areas of the city, the
sources said. A government statement said Prime Minister
Anatole Kanyenkiko had taken measures to "make those who are
armed lay down their weapons."
Unrest has mounted in some areas on the outskirts of the
city
for the last few days. Sources said sporadic small arms fire
had been reported in the areas for the last few days.
The government called on observers from the Organization of
African Unity (OAU) to be deployed in the areas "to work with
civilian and military officials to create confidence between the
different ethnic groups."
The fresh unrest came two weeks after the death of Burundian
President Cyprien Ntaryamira on April 6 in a plane crash in
neighbouring Rwanda, which also killed Rwandan head of state
Juvenal Habyarimana.
Inter-ethnic unrest in Rwanda is reported to have killed
thousands in the two weeks since the plane crash.