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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.162 on the Great Lakes (Thursday 01 May 1997) - Face-to-face talks between Zairean President Mobutu Sese Seko and…

Thursday May 1 8:48 AM EDT KISANGANI, Zaire (Reuter) - U.N. agencies, accused by Rwanda's government of delaying repatriation, struggled on Thursday to clear a backlog of some 2,000 Rwandan refugees waiting to be airlifted home from Zaire. Aid officials said…

DATE=5/1/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-213671 TITLE=ZAIRE REFUGEES (L) BYLINE=SCOTT STEARNS DATELINE=NAIROBI CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: AID AGENCIES CONTINUED TO FLY RWANDAN REFUGEES HOME FROM ZAIRE TODAY (THURSDAY). BUT, AS V-O-A'S SCOTT STEARNS REPORTS, RWANDA'S GOVERNMENT HAS CRITICIZED INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS, SAYING IT COULD DO A BETTER JOB ITSELF. TEXT: THE…

ADFL forces are reported by observers on the scene to be advancing toward Kinshasa from Ilebo, Tshikapa, Kananga and Kikwit. There are reports government soldiers are destroying bridges in the area of Kenge, probably referring to those crossing the Kwengo…

UN agencies airlift more than 1,800 Rwandan refugees to Rwanda as repatriation from the central Zairian town of Kisangani gets underway. UNHCR expands transit center in Kisangani to accommodate more refugees. More than 20,000 refugees have re-emerged at a makeshift camp at…

(Excerpt) Weekly News The International Federation and the Zairean Red Cross are distributing food and soap to 12,500 displaced and vulnerable people in Kinshasa, the capital of Zaire. Life-saving medicines for up to 30,000 people are being sent to three districts in…

(8:00am AEST) Zaire's rebel leader has been told his credibility was at stake over reports of atrocities committed by the forces he controls. The U.S State Department wants Laurent Kabila to allow a UN team into Zaire's Kisangani region where they'd…

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 162 d'information sur la region des Grands Lacs (du jeudi 1er mai 97) * Les pourparlers, face-a-face, entre le President…

4:59 PM EDT KISANGANI, Zaire (Reuter) - An airlift home of Rwandan refugees from Zaire began in earnest Wednesday but swiftly hit problems when a fuel shortage grounded more than two flights. The U.N. refugee agency UNHCR said 186 unaccompanied refugee…

4:56 PM EDT KINSHASA, Zaire (Reuter) - U.S. envoy Bill Richardson said Wednesday Zaire's President Mobutu Sese Seko and rebel leader Laurent Kabila agreed to hold their first face-to-face meeting Friday on a South African ship in the Atlantic. "The meeting…