World IN BRIEF : TUNISIA : Carter Ends Summit on Rwanda Refugees
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Targeting intimidation as the chief obstacle to repatriating Rwanda’s refugees, five Central African leaders announced a new crackdown on thugs in refugee camps. Former President Jimmy Carter announced the measures as he closed a three-day summit convened to resolve Africa’s most pressing crisis--the refusal of 1.7 million exiled Rwandans to return to a nation devastated by genocide in 1994.
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