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Judith Matloff, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor KINSHASA, ZAIRE -- Jean Boniface has a little piece of soft, white cloth. While innocuous-looking, the swatch of cotton fabric is another weapon contributing to the downfall of Zaire's President Mobutu…

This is an excerpt of the original report which includes: A)Democratic People's Republic of Korea B) Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire, and Tanzania C) Uganda D) Iraq E) Albania See http://www.wfo:org/ PART I - HIGHLIGHTS B. EAST AFRICA: REGIONAL OPERATION FOR BURUNDI, RWANDA,…

MSF News Review No.10 On the basis of an exploratory mission, carried out by MSF in south-east Kivu, Zaire, MSF concludes that large scale killings of refugees have been taking place recently in the Bukavu-Shabunda region. These killings did not…

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 158 d'informations sur la region des Grands Lacs (du jeudi 25 avril 97) * Un avion transportant des journalistes, des…

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.158 on the Great Lakes (Friday 25 April 1997) - A plane with journalists, UN, Alliance and Rwandan officials…

The governor of Bas Zaire (Lower Zaire Province), Admiral Liwanga Mada, is appealing to citizens to help defend Zaire's Matadi seaport against advancing rebels. The admiral, yet another Mobutu military flag officer in a political position, took over the governorship…

We have received disturbing reports strongly indicating that the second encampment at Biaro, with about 30,000 refugees, is likewise empty. One report comes from an aid worker who was trapped at Biaro, located 40 kilometers south of Kisangani, on…

PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT ON ZAIRE The Security Council is increasingly alarmed at the deterioration of the situation in Zaire and at the humanitarian consequences this is having on the refugees, displaced persons and other affected civilian inhabitants. It expresses its deep…

BUREAU FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE (BHR) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) ZAIRE - Complex Emergency Note: The last fact sheet was dated April 22, 1997. Background: In mid-October 1996, fighting broke out in South Kivu, Zaire between the Zairian army…

5:21 PM EDT KASESE CAMP, Zaire (Reuter) - A U.N. team Thursday discovered up to 55,000 Rwandan Hutu refugees missing from a camp in the jungle of eastern Zaire and was blocked by rebels from a wider search. Not a single…