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ORGANIZATION OF AFRICAN UNITY Addis Ababa - Ethiopia Box 3243 Tel: 517700 Telex: 21046 Fax: 251-1-513036 Central Organ/MEC/AHG/Decl. (I) Ex. STATEMENT OF THE CENTRAL ORGAN OF THE OAU MECHANISM FOR CONFLICT PREVENTION, MANAGEMENT AND RESOLUTION, AT THE LEVEL OF HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT ON…

ICRC News 97/11 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…

Breakthrough for ICRC operations in Alliance-held areas On 19 March the ICRC delegation in Goma finally received written authorisation from the Alliance to fly to Kisangani (Haut Zaire), Kalima, Kindu and Shabunda (Kivu), and Bunia (Haut Zaire) and Beni (Northern Kivu).…

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 - UNHCR appealed again yesterday for the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Zaire (ADFL) to allow safe passage…

LOME, Togo (Reuter) - A one-day summit on the Zaire crisis, called by the Organization of African Unity (OAU), opened in Togo Wednesday. Thirteen African presidents, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and senior delegations from Zaire's embattled regime and advancing rebels were…

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 - Zairean Vice-Prime Minister Banza Mukalay announced that a power-sharing agreement would be offered to the Alliance of Democratic Forces for…

Its been announced that Zaire's President Mobutu Sese Seko will appoint a negotiating team to begin talks with rebels who control the eastern third of the country. His spokesman said President Mubutu was looking for a way to end hostilities…

Once again, the largest concentration of refugees in eastern Zaire has fled in fear, further complicating the international effort to reach them with relief aid. The rebel offensive halted just a few miles from Ubundu, but the roughly 100,000…

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees appealed today for safe passage for tens of thousands of refugees seeking to return to Rwanda after a five-month odyssey in the war-torn rain forest of eastern Zaire. The refugees are scattered along…

5:16 AM EST LOME, Togo (Reuter) - A Zairian rebel representative, in Togo for a summit on the Zaire crisis, Wednesday rejected sharing power with ailing President Mobutu Sese Seko's political party before elections. Bizima Karaha, foreign policy strategist for rebel leader…