Reports

DATE=4/28/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-215320 TITLE=ZAIRE/U-S ENVOY (L UPDATE) BYLINE=PURNELL MURDOCK DATELINE=KINSHASA CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: U-S ENVOY BILL RICHARDSON ARRIVED MONDAY IN KINSHASA FOR TALKS WITH ZAIREAN PRESIDENT MOBUTU SESE SEKO ON THE WORSENING CRISIS IN THAT COUNTRY. V-O-A CORRESPONDENT PURNELL MURDOCK REPORTS FROM THE ZAIREAN CAPITAL. TEXT:…

American UN Ambassador Richardson is due in Kinshasa on April 28 to discuss the war in Zaire with Kinshasa officials. The rest of his itinerary is not yet known, although he is expected to meet with ADFL rebel representatives…

Numerous NGOs are reporting serious human rights violations by the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire (ADFL) against Rwandan refugees in eastern Zaire. Most disturbing are reports that the ADFL is using humanitarian assistance as a magnet…

The failed transition to democracy and internal government policies that incited ethnic hatred set the stage for the bloody conflict that has caused civilian massacres and widespread human rights abuses in Zaire. In Transition, War and Human Rights, released today,…

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 [Following requests from a large number of subscribers, IRIN has reactivated its weekly news roundup of main events in the Great…

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 hebdomadaire d'informations sur la region des Grands Lacs (du lundi 21 au dimanche 27 avril 97) Suite a une demande croissante…

The international relief group Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has accused ADFL rebels sweeping across eastern Zaire of increasing their massacres of Rwandan refugees. MSF issued a statement saying that the ADFL rebels are in the process of completely liquidating the…

ACT Co-ordinating Office DATELINE ACT Great Lakes Region No 15 Desperate situation in Eastern Zaire Geneva, April 25, 1997 From UN and press sources present in and around Kisangani, it is obvious that the situation of more than a 100.000 Rwandan refugees…

UNHCR attempts to track down Rwandan refugees who have disappeared from encampments south of Kisangani following military operations launched amid reports of killings of local villagers and refugees. Representatives of UNHCR, WFP, the Rwandan government and the Alliance of Democratic…

BUREAU FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE (BHR) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Note: The last situation report was dated April 18,1997. ZAIRE Background In mid-October 1996, fighting broke out in South Kivu, Zaire between the Zairian army (FAZ) and the Alliance of Democratic…