Reports

(Acknowledges possibility of rebel victory) (320) By Jane Morse USIA Diplomatic Correspondent WASHINGTON -- "The future of Zaire is at risk," U.S. State Department spokesman Nicholas Burns warned May 8, while acknowledging that a military victory seems likely for the rebel alliance within…

(U.S. wants negotiated settlement) (770) PARIS -- The United States hopes that a "dialogue for a peaceful resolution" to the conflict in Zaire has been established, says Bill Richardson, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and President Clinton's special…

After the fall of Kikwit, 525 Km away from Kinshasa, AFDL troops continued their progress towards Kinshasa which is the ultimate goal determined by Laurent Desire Kabila who is intending to march on the capital city of Zaire. AFDL…

A motorcade of stretch limousines guarded by heavily armed soldiers, swept through the city on Wendesday, watched in silence by the townsfolk. That moment may prove to have been Mobutu Sese Seko's last outing in Kinshasa CHRIS MCGREAL in Kinshasa…

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 quotidien no 167 d'information sur la region des Grands Lacs (du mercredi 8 mai 97) Le President zairois Mobutu Sese Seko a…

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.167 on the Great Lakes (Thursday 8 May 1997) - Zairean President Mobutu Sese Seko held talks on the…

by Larry Thompson from The Washington Times May 8, 1997 The horrors continue for the Rwandan refugees in eastern Zaire. Laurent Kabila--or some other leader of the rebel forces --will shortly depose long-time Zairian dictator Mobutu Sese Seko. Mr. Mobutu will go…

Kinshasa's Mobutu is in Libreville meeting with the heads of state of Congo, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Chad. He has received a "red carpet" welcome in Gabon. A spokesman for the Government of Gabon says the purpose…

ICRC Communication to the press No. 97/15 Geneva (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) was deeply shocked to learn of the death of 10 first-aid workers of the Red Cross Society of the Republic of Zaire, killed…

UNHCR urges authorities in Zaire and Rwanda to support its efforts to repatriate Rwandan refugees in eastern Zaire. UN planes airlift more than 9,600 Rwandan refugees from the central Zairian city of Kisangani to Rwanda. More than 30,000 Rwandan refugees…