Reports

Judith Matloff, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor KINSHASA, ZAIRE, AND JOHANNESBURG -- Zaire's capital, Kinshasa, is braced for a week of confrontation as President Mobutu Sese Seko faces pressure from all sides. The opposition has called for a…

ICRC delegates returned to Kisangani on 20 March for the first time since rebel forces captured the city five days previously. There they carried out a survey to enable the ICRC to establish operational priorities. They found that there…

UN transports some 1,500 displaced Zairians back to Goma in preparation for the repatriation of Rwandan refugees in makeshift camps south of Kisangani in central Zaire. Medical officers report at least nine refugees have died and 150 others taken ill…

(3:28am AEST) Zaire's rebels say they are restarting the civil war against the Kinshasa-based government after a three-day pause. They also demanded the resignation of President Mobutu Sese Seko. At the same time, the rebel leader, Laurent Kabila, has indicated he's…

DATE=4/14/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-212851 TITLE=SHABA ELECTIONS (L) CQ BYLINE=JOHN PITMAN DATELINE=LUBUMBASHI CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: ZAIREAN REBELS SAY THEY WILL NOT HOLD LOCAL ELECTIONS IMMEDIATELY IN SHABA PROVINCE, WHICH THEY OVERRAN LAST WEEK. IN OTHER PARTS OF ZAIRE CAPTURED BY REBELS, ELECTIONS HAVE BEEN HELD TO SELECT…

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.149 on the Great Lakes (Saturday-Monday 12-14 April 1997) - Tension mounted in the Zairean capital Kinshasa after rebels…

Following reports of ongoing cases of human monkeypox in Zaire representing a new pattern of the disease, the Ministry of Health in Zaire and the World Health Organization (WHO) organized an investigation in February 1997. Monkeypox, a disease which…

Zairean army forces, which have been incredibly ill-equipped, ill-disciplined, ill-trained and ill-led to fight against the ADFL out in the field, are plentiful in Zaire's capital city, Kinshasa, as people throughout the city stayed at home on April 14…

DATE=4/14/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-212865 TITLE=KABILA / LUBUMBASHI (S) BYLINE=JOHN PITMAN DATELINE=LUBUMBASHI CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: ZAIRIAN REBEL LEADER LAURENT KABILA HAS ARRIVED IN THE SOUTHERN CITY OF LUBUMBASHI, FIVE DAYS AFTER THE CITY'S CAPTURE BY REBEL TROOPS. V-O-A'S JOHN PITMAN REPORTS MR. KABILA WAS MET BY THOUSANDS…

DATE=4/14/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-212853 TITLE=SAF/ZAIRE/TALKS (S ONLY) BYLINE=ALEX BELIDA DATELINE=JOHANNESBURG CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: DIPLOMATIC SOURCES SAY PEACE TALKS BETWEEN ZAIRE'S RIVAL GOVERNMENT AND REBEL SIDES COULD RESUME IN SOUTH AFRICA LATER THIS WEEK. MORE FROM V-O-A SOUTHERN AFRICA ORRESPONDENT ALEX BELIDA IN…