Reports

Despite the continued lull in media coverage in the UK and Ireland, the situation in the Great Lakes region continues to be a great concern to Oxfam as to other humanitarian agencies. The political response from…

Eastern Zaire SCF UK plans to begin work in both Goma and Bukavu as soon as conditions allow. Programmes of work will comprise the rehabilitation and support of existing health centres and family tracing and reunification Meanwhile SCF UK continues to…

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. 43 on Eastern Zaire (Thursday 28 November 1996) US Defence Secretary William Perry, who is in Italy, yesterday pledged Washington's support…

KINSHASA, Zaire (Reuter) - Zaire rejected a U.S.-backed Canadian plan Thursday to airdrop food for thousands of refugees and Zaireans fleeing fighting in the east of the country. "The Zairean government is categorically opposed to the Canadian proposition to drop…

Not an official document RWANDA: From 17-27 November, WFP prepositioned 2,833 mt of mixed food commodities in Byumba, Gisenyi, Gitarama, Kibungo, Kibuye, Kigali (Rural and Ville), Nyagatare and Ruhengeri prefectures. 2,833 mt represents 727,964 weekly rations. Food distribution is ongoing through NGO…

An ACTIONAID International Conference, Nairobi Hilton Hotel, November 30-December 2, 1996 ACTIONAID is convening an international conference on the current crisis in the Great Lakes region of Africa, to be held at the Nairobi Hilton from Saturday evening November 30 through to…

Ottawa -- The Honourable Don Boudria, Minister for International Cooperation and Minister responsible for La Francophonie, today announced the second set of allocations of Canadian humanitarian assistance to Central Africa. "The situation in Rwanda remains critical," Mr. Boudria said. "Participants at…

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 26, 1996. Overview The Banyamulenge and the Banyarwanda people, who are Tutsi of Rwandan origin, settled in the…

NAPLES, Italy (Reuter) - U.S. Defense Secretary William Perry, responding to pressure from Canada, said Wednesday the United States was prepared to take part in a proposed military parachute drop of food to thousands of Rwandan refugees in Zaire. "If…

Amnesty International claims a Tutsi-dominated armed group massacred 500 Rwandan refugees and displaced Zaireans last week in eastern Zaire. The human rights organisation says members of the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire separated men from women and…