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UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for the Great Lakes Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: IRIN BACKGROUND BRIEF ON THE CURRENT SITUATION IN KIVU Mai Mai warriors, backed by soldiers from the defeated…

NEWS RELEASE Media Contact: Beth Schaefer, News & Information Officer Phone: (301) 680-6355 Fax: (301) 680-6370 LUBUMBASHI, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO--An early morning fire at the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Congo headquarters in Lubumbashi yesterday, September 9, 1997,…

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for the Great Lakes Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org IRIN Emergency Update No. 244 on the Great Lakes (Tuesday 9 September 1997) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: UNHCR to suspend Rwandan refugee…

NATIONS UNIES Departement des Affaires Humanitaires / IRIN Tel: +254 2 622 147 Fax: +254 2 622 129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org [Le bulletin quotidien est base sur et des informations pertinentes provenant d'agences de Nations Unies, d'ONG, de gouvernements, de donateurs et des medias.…

(Richardson: Refugees' rights must be honored) (710) By Judy Aita USIA United Nations Correspondent UNITED NATIONS -- Speaking of "a lot of concern and sorrow and anger all mixed," the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) September 9 explained her decision to close…

The High Commissioner left yesterday for New York. She has been consulting with the Secretary-General and will brief the Security Council today on the refugee situation in the Great Lakes. She will report on the review of UNHCR's operations in the Great Lakes and…

DAILY HIGHLIGHTS The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today appealed to the Security Council to persuade governments in the Great Lakes region of Africa to comply with international standards for the treatment of refugees. High Commissioner Sadako Ogata briefed the…

NATIONS UNIES Departement des Affaires Humanitaires / IRIN Tel: +254 2 622 147 Fax: +254 2 622 129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org [Le bulletin quotidien est base sur et des informations pertinentes provenant d'agences de Nations Unies, d'ONG, de gouvernements, de donateurs et des medias.…

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for the Great Lakes Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org IRIN Emergency Update No. 243 on the Great Lakes (Monday 8 September 1997) [also covering Saturday 6 & Sunday 7…

By John Baggaley RABAT (Reuter) - Mobutu Sese Seko, ousted as president of Zaire in May after three decades of near absolute power, has died in exile in Morocco after losing a long battle with prostate cancer. The official Moroccan news…