Reports

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. 33 on Eastern Zaire (20 November 1996) Faced by the rapidly receding possibility of an international intervention force, aid organisations are…

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. 32 on Eastern Zaire (Tuesday 19 November 1996) Nairobi - Doubts were cast on the future of a multi-national force for…

NAIROBI (Reuter) - The World Food Program (WFP) reported "strong indications" that at least 100,000 Rwandan Hutu refugees still in eastern Zaire were on the move on Wednesday. "There are strong indications that a large movement of people from the…

1. The crisis is not over The events of the past week have focused international attention on the return of Rwandan refugees to their homeland after more than two years in the refugee camps. This is a welcome development, although…

Some Questions & Answers on the Zaire crisis Q: Isn't the crisis over now? A: No certainly not! There are still hundreds of thousands of Rwandan refugees and Zairian displaced out of reach of the aid effort. Many have been without…

Crisis in Zaire Looms Large as Hundreds of Thousands of People Remain Unaccounted for Red Cross Initiating First Distribution in Area West of Goma WASHINGTON, November 20, 1996 - The Red Cross has stepped up their humanitarian operation in eastern…

ZMassive returns from Goma to Rwanda end, except for a small trickle; about 60 percent of the returnees are back in their communes. Supplies from UNHCR's warehouse in Uganda are being brought to Rwanda to increase stocks there for the…

GOMA, Zaire (Reuter) - Rwandan refugees have started streaming towards their homeland from Zaire, in what appears to be a second exodus that could remove the need for a planned U.N. force intended to help them. Zaire, which says a…

Not an official document The WFP Executive Director, Ms. Catherine Bertini, arrived in Kigali, Rwanda on 19 November. In Rwanda, Ms. Bertini will meet with the new returnees from Eastern Zaire in Ruhengeri prefecture, and will have meetings with the…

KINSHASA, Zaire (PANA) - Gen. Eluki Monga Aungu, Chief-of-staff of the Zairean armed forces, has been suspended, Zairean television announced on Wednesday. While the reasons for this suspension have not been given, a member of the Zairean information minister's office, who…