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Highlights from American UN Ambassador Richardson's visit to Zaire are as follows: Reports from journalists traveling with the Richardson party say that the ambassador carried a note from President Clinton asking Mr. Mobutu to step down, and that he reaffirmed…

Translated from a document produced by Entraide Missionnaire (Emi) - Montreal The Alliance Advances After the fall of Kisangani, where most of the war effort had been concentrated, and following the flight of the mercenaries, hose cruelty was only revealed…

S/PRST/1997/24 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH At the 3773rd meeting of the Security Council, held on 30 April 1997 in connection with the Council's consideration of the item entitled "The situation in the Great Lakes region", the President of the Security Council made the following…

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 161 d'information sur la region des Grands Lacs (du mercredi 30 avril 97) * Alors que les rebelles zairois…

LUBUMBASHI, Zaire (Reuter) - Zairean rebels Wednesday shrugged off President Mobutu Sese Seko's refusal to hold talks and said they would take their war to the capital Kinshasa. A senior aide to rebel chief Laurent Kabila told Reuters the rebels…

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.161 on the Great Lakes (Wednesday 30 April 1997) - As Zairean rebels pressed on towards Kinshasa, diplomatic endeavours…

Report #31 Contact: Kirk Day <br> (202) 828-0110 Despite promises by rebel leader Laurent Kabila, events on the ground suggest that tens of thousands of refugees are still in imminent danger. The following are just a few instances of the deliberate rebel…

(April 30, 1997) Human Rights Watch today urged immediate international action to save the lives of thousands of Rwandan refugees threatened by military attack, hunger and disease in eastern Zaire. The statement followed news of the abduction and feared murder…

We are appalled by reports that armed soldiers abducted some 50 children and 60 adults from a hospital near Bukavu last Friday night. These people have not been seen since and there have been reports that they may have…

KISANGANI, Zaire (Reuter) - U.N. agencies managed to send aid to thousands of Rwandan refugees emerging from hiding in Zaire's forests Tuesday as a refugee agency condemned ''shocking reports'' of the killings of refugees in rebel-held areas. Workers and journalists,…