Reports

*97040804.AAF (A serious crisis but Zaire has potential, Royce says) (990) WASHINGTON -- "Zaire is facing its most serious crisis in 30 years," Congressman Edward R. Royce, chairman of the Subcommittee on Africa in the U.S. House of Representatives, warned April 8,…

SG/SM/6199 Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan concerning the negotiations in South Africa on the future of Zaire, issued today in Geneva by the Spokesman travelling with the Secretary-General: I welcome the news out of South Africa today that…

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 144 d'informations sur la region des Grands Lacs (du samedi 5 au lundi 7 avril 97). * Lors d'une…

UPDATE: April 7, 1997 A partial solution to the plight of refugees denied entry to Kisangani appears to have been reached over the weekend, as the ADFL agreed to UN and other requests to allow at least some refugees to…

The United Nations refugee agency is preparing to repatriate tens of thousands of Rwandan refugees from Zaire in one of the most complicated operations of its kind. A spokesman for the U-N High Commissioner for Refugees says trucks, trains, planes…

Rebels controlling Eastern Zaire say the country's second largest city, Lubumbashi is on the verge of falling to their forces. Africa correspondent Ben Wilson reports from Eastern Zaire, that the city is the rebel's last strategic target before the capital, Kinshasa. Rebel…

Reuter is reporting that Zairean soldiers still in Lubumbashi are switching sides, joining the ADFL, and awaiting the arrival of ADFL forces into the city. ADFL forces are said to be within 30 km of Lubumbashi. Mr. Mwanza Ngoyi,…

Alliance leaders agree to airlift Rwandan refugees via the Zairian town of Kisangani; UNHCR prepares for the evacuation of refugees. Refugees continue to arrive at Ubundu town and head toward encampments south of Kisangani. Relief workers race against time to save lives…

*97040704.AAF (Weakest of refugees to be airlifted) (290) By Jane Morse USIA Diplomatic Correspondent WASHINGTON -- The United States is pleased with Zairian rebel leader Laurent Kabila's recent decision to give the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees access to the estimated 80,000 Rwandan…

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. 143 on the Great Lakes (Saturday-Monday 5-7 April 1997) - A broadcast by junior army officers on a…