Reports

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.191 on the Great Lakes (10 June 1997) - French military sources said Congolese army troops and opposition militiamen…

GREAT LAKES (see also Great Lakes Crisis) The Assistant High Commissioner, Sergio Vieira de Mello, is returning to the Great Lakes area today for his second mission…

AEF201 (Kabila's forces must allow access to region) By Wendy Lubetkin USIA European Correspondent GENEVA -- The United States suspects that atrocities are still occurring in areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DROC) to which the international community has been denied access, J.…

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 Weekly Roundup 6-97 of Main Events in the Great Lakes region covering the period 2-9 June 1997. Congo: Fighting continues…

(Excerpt) DAILY HIGHLIGHTS A United Nations investigative team is expected to travel to the Democratic Republic of the Congo later this month to probe allegations of gross violations of human rights in the country, UN Spokesman Fred Eckhard confirmed on Monday.…

AEF102 06/09/97 By Charles W. Corey USIA Staff Writer WASHINGTON -- The United States believes it will now be possible for the United Nations advance team that will investigate allegations of mass murder in and near Kisangani to arrive in the Democratic…

NATIONS UNIES Departement des Affaires Humanitaires / IRIN Tel : +254 2 622 147 Fax : +254 2 622 129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org IRIN: Bulletin hebdomadaire d'information sur la region des Grands Lacs (du lundi 02 juin au lundi o9 juin 97) CONGO :…

DATE=6/9/97 TYPE=BACKGROUND REPORT NUMBER=5-36614 TITLE=ZAIRE REFUGEES BYLINE=SCOTT STEARNS DATELINE=NAIROBI CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: LAURENT KABILA -- THE PRESIDENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO -- HAS AGREED TO COOPERATE WITH AN INTERNATIONAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE ALLEGED MASSACRE OF RWANDAN REFUGEES. AS VOA'S SCOTT STEARNS REPORTS,…

When the Secretary-General met with President Laurent Kabila of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Harare, Zimbabwe, on 3 June at the Organization of African Unity (OAU) Summit, the first matter he raised with the President was human…

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 - A dusk to dawn curfew has been imposed on the Congolese capital, Brazzaville, following a day of fighting in…