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HR/97/26 The following is attributable to a spokesman for the Joint Investigative Mission to eastern Zaire which comprises: the Special Rapporteur for Zaire, Roberto Garreton (Chile), the Special Rapporteur for extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Bacre Waly N'diaye (Senegal) and Jonas Foli…

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 5 au dimanche 11 mai 97) ZAIRE : MOBUTU retourne au…

LAGOS, Nigeria (PANA) - Three African leaders --Nigeria's head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, Col. Moammar Kadhafi of Libya and Gen. Ibrahim Mainassara Bare of Niger, have appealed to the warring parties in Zaire to agree to a cease…

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 [The weekly roundup is based on IRIN daily updates and other relevant information from UN agencies, NGOs, governments, donors and the…

Archbishop Laurent Monsengwo has been selected by the transitional Zairean parliament to be its speaker, positioning him to be the next constitutionally driven president of Zaire should Kinshasa's Field Marshal Mobutu step down. Monsignor Monsengwo, speaking to journalists in Brussels,…

South African Deputy President Mbeki says that Kinshasa's Mr. Mobutu has agreed to meet with ADFL rebel spokesman Kabila aboard a South African ship on May 14 to discuss the transition of power. Mr. Mbeki said "The meeting should…

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.168 on the Great Lakes (Friday 9 May 1997) - Zairean President Mobutu Sese Seko at a summit in…

(3:09am AEST) A Rwandan delegation has arrived in Kisangani for talks with United Nations and Zairean rebel officials embroiled in mutual recriminations over the plight of Rwandan refugees awaiting repatriation. Kigali representatives and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees have blamed…

(Excerpt) Issued weekly by the United Nations World Food Programme This report includes: A) Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire and Tanzania B) Uganda C) Sudan D) Sierra Leone E) Haiti F) Democratic People's Republic of Korea. From P. Ares, Chief, Programming Service. Available on the…

Talks have been going on between UNHCR, officials from the Alliance and the Rwandan presidential advisor, Mr Kabaija, in Kisangani. It was agreed that conditions in Biaro are desperate and that it is vital to move people out of…