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.166 on the Great Lakes (Wednesday 7 May 1997) - Zairean rebels from the Alliance of Democratic Forces for…

KINSHASA (Reuter) - President Mobutu Sese Seko, battling cancer and rebel advances, left Zaire Wednesday for a regional summit in Gabon but many people in his capital openly speculated that he was going for good. A Reuter correspondent saw Mobutu's plane…

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 166 d'information sur la region des Grands Lacs (du mercredi 7 mai 97) * Les rebelles zairois de l'Alliance des…

Kinshasa's Mobutu has left Zaire. Security at the airport was extremely heavy. It took some 12 limousines, three machine-gun mounted jeeps, anti-aircraft artillery, many combat troops, and a Boeing 727 to get him out of Kinshasa. He has arrived…

LUBUMBASHI, Zaire (Reuter) - Zairian rebels appealed Tuesday for government troops in Kinshasa to surrender to avert a bloody battle for the capital as the U.S. peace envoy met regional leaders in a search for a peaceful solution. While U.S.…

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 - UN officials yesterday expressed increasing frustration with the ADFL forces around Kisangani, who have blocked access and overloaded trucks with…

DATE=5/6/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-213902 TITLE=ZAIRE REBELS (L) BYLINE=DIANE CAHN DATELINE=LUBUMBASHI CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: REBEL OFFICIALS IN EASTERN ZAIRE ARE LASHING OUT AT UNITED NATIONS ON INTERNATIONAL ACCUSATIONS AGAINST THE TREATMENT OF RWANDAN REFUGEES IN TERRITORIES UNDER THEIR CONTROL. IN THE LATE EVENING PRESS CONFERENCE TUESDAY REBEL…

KASANE, Botswana (PANA) - United States presidential envoy Bill Richardson met Tuesday with three African presidents for their input in heading off a potential battle in the Zairean capital, Kinshasa, between advancing rebels and government troops. Richardson met in Kasane…

ADFL rebel spokesman Kabila says his advanced forces are now within 40 miles of Kinshasa. These are most likely armed reconnaissance and intelligence collection patrols assessing the situation in advance of the main forces. Mr. Kabila has set a deadline…

As talks between Zaire's President Mobutu Sese Seko and the leader of the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire (ADFL), Laurent-Desire Kabila, end in a stalemate and hopes for a peaceful settlement to the crisis in…