Reports

GOMA, Zaire (Reuter) - Hundreds of Zairian government troops went on a rampage of looting and raping in the northeastern city of Kisangani as victorious rebels said they were advancing toward the city from the south and east. The rebels…

UN team finds no traces of large refugee groups during an overland trip from Bukavu to Uvira. With restrictions on movements, UN=ADHCR staff members in Bukavu experience frustration in searching for refugees. Returnees appear in good condition, but their nutritional status…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE (BHR) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Note: The last situation report was dated November 27, 1996. Overview The Banyamulenge and the Banyarwanda people, who are Tutsi of Rwandan origin, settled in the…

Not an official document RWANDA: Over the weekend (30/11 - 1/12), 4,803 returnees entered Gisenyi from Goma. Approximately 1,000 crossed the border on 2 December, most having come from the direction of Minova. 1,475 returnees were registered in Cyangugu between 30 November and…

The area in Eastern Zaire affected by the conflict seems to grow daily. Although the ICRC now has access to more locations in Eastern Zaire, many cities and large groups of people in desperate need of humanitarian protection and…

UNHCR has been sending reconnaissance teams to look for refugees in the Bukavu and Goma regions where they are allowed access. However, since the weekend, only small groups of refugees have been found. On Monday, 250 Rwandan refugees crossed…

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org IRIN Emergency Update No. 47 on eastern Zaire (Tuesday 3 December 1996) Reports from Kisangani, in eastern Zaire tell of an increasingly unstable situation in…

DATE=12/3/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-206977 TITLE=UGANDA / ZAIRE (L-O) BYLINE=ELAINE ELIAH DATELINE=KAMPALA CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: UGANDA'S ARMY COMMANDER, MAJOR-GENERAL MUGISHA-MUNTU, HAS TOLD A PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE IN KAMPALA THAT UGANDAN FORCES CROSSED THE BORDER INTO ZAIRE THIS PAST WEEKEND, IN PURSUIT OF UGANDAN REBELS. ELAINE ELIAH REPORTS FROM…

This report has been produced to fulfill the information requirements of the UNDHA Geneva Taskforce on Eastern Zaire and the UNDHA mission in the Great Lakes region. The report attempts to fill the gaps resulting from time delays and…

There is no new information about the situation in the Great Lakes today. However this provides the ideal opportunity to recap on the current scenario in the Great Lakes region. Military Intervention A Canadian-led intervention force, likely to total 2,000…