Angola Herald Republican

This site by CFR provides a valuable compilation of foreign policy views of the major candidates to date in the 2004 presidential election - (Incumbent) Republican George W. Bush and Democrats Wesley Clark, Howard Dean, John Edwards, Richard Gephardt, Bob Graham, John Kerry, Dennis Kucinich, Joseph Lieberman, Carol Moseley Braun, and Al Sharpton. It also includes basic biographical data on each candidate and the full text of major foreign policy statements, both official releases as well as transcripts of interviews from such sources as "Meet the Press". Transcripts of the Democratic Presidential Candidate Debates of May 3, 2003 and September 4, 2003 are also available online at this website. There are also links to each candidate's campaign web page for further information. ... [Read More]

FY 2004 Refugee Admissions Program

Other staff, of course, read the number of refugees in Africa was about 3 million, according to the estimate by the U.S. Committee for Refugees. Another 13.7 million are internally displaced. Five of the nine largest refugee-producing countries in the world are now in Africa, with half of all African refugees originating from Angola, Burundi, Congo, Kinshasa and Sudan. Last year, more than 17 African countries experienced wars, insurgencies or violence, civil unrest. 340,000 have been repatriated toward countries in Africa.Yet, new waves of refugees continue to flee civil unrest, civil and human rights abuses, persecution and degradation throughout Africa, including Burundi, Congo Kinshasa, The Democratic Republic of Congo, the Ivory Coast, Liberia, Somalia and Sudan, to name just a few of the countries. We all acknowledge that repatriation is the best and most durable solution for refugee populations. However for refugees who are not repatriated in a ti ... [Read More]

Rwanda

There were no reports of any action taken against local defense unit members responsible for killing civilians in 2000. Unlike in the previous year, there were no reports that rebel forces killed civilians in the country. b. Disappearance Unlike in the previous year, there were no reports of politically motivated disappearances within the country; however, there were numerous credible reports that RDF forces in the DRC seized and transferred to the country numerous Banyamulenge prisoners following the revolt of Banyamulenge Commander Masunzu against the RDF in late January. Several hundred RCD/Goma soldiers in the DRC suspected of sympathizing with the revolt reportedly were disarmed and sent to the country in May for forced "retraining." There was no further information on the soldiers; many suspected they were killed or remained in secret detention in military camps or prisons. T ... [Read More]