Reports

Today we expect the departure of the first train scheduled to pick up refugees from Biaro for repatriation since Sunday's tragic incident in which more than 90 refugees were killed. The High Commissioner has issued a statement in Washington…

What kind of leader will Laurent Kabila make? Two Africa experts from the US military assess his chances -- and warn of the perils that lie ahead Dr STEVEN METZ and Colonel DAN HENK WITHIN a few weeks, Laurent Kabila…

(10:32am AEST) The United Nations has again appealed to Zairean rebels to let its workers help mainly Hutu refugees whom it's trying to return to neighboring Rwanda . The call from UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Sadako Ogata, says the rebels…

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 165 d'information sur la region des Grands Lacs (du mardi 6 mai 97) * Des representants des Nations Unies ont…

Judith Matloff, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor KINSHASA, ZAIRE -- The three Zairean soldiers came to the door looking for cellular phones. They couldn't find the man of the house, so they forced his wife, Marie-Jose Ehomo,…

LUBUMBASHI, Zaire (Reuter) - Zairian rebels appealed Tuesday for government troops in Kinshasa to surrender to their approaching forces to avert a bloody takeover of the capital. With Laurent Kabila's rebels reported less than 50 miles from the usually teeming…

Paul Ejime, PANA Correspondent ABUJA, Nigeria (PANA) - The head of the United Nations refugee agency said Tuesday that the on-going crises in Africa and other parts of the world required a decisive approach. Sadako Ogata, the U.N. High…

(8:26pm AEST) Zairean rebels are pushing ahead with their advance on the capital, Kinshasa, as the United Nations angrily denounced rebel treatment of thousands of refugees. The United States has called for a peaceful transfer of power in the capital despite…

DATE=5/6/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-213838 TITLE=ZAIRE REFUGEES / OGATA (S ONLY) BYLINE=VICTOR BEATTIE DATELINE=WASHINGTON CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: THE U-N HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES HAS APPEALED TO THE ZAIREAN REBEL ALLIANCE TO IMPROVE COORDINATION OF A REFUGEE REPATRIATION EFFORT IN EASTERN ZAIRE -- THIS TO AVOID A…

POINTE NOIRE, Congo, May 5 (Reuter) - Here is the full text in English of the official communique issued after the first direct talks between leaders of Zaire's warring parties under the mediation of South African President Nelson Mandela:…