Reports

From Ghion Hagos; PANA Staff Correspondent ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (PANA) A neutral force under the United Nations should be deployed immediately to avert further human tragedy in eastern Zaire and political turmoil in the Great Lakes region. This was the view…

by Lionel Rosenblatt President - Refugees International The extent of the tragedy in eastern Zaire is only beginning to be understood from the accounts of the few refugees strong enough to make it to safety after walking for days--the scant…

BURUNDI, RWANDA, TANZANIA, UGANDA & ZAIRE: RWANDAN AND BURUNDIAN REFUGEES emergency appeal no. 01.02/96 situation report no. 13 period covered: 07-11 November 1996 EMERGENCY REPORT - KIVU CRISIS Introductory note As requested by various parties, here follows a brief description of the Federation's…

GOMA, Zaire (Reuter) - Tutsi rebels controlling a swathe of eastern Zaire have agreed to open up a humanitarian corridor to enable relief workers to reach Hutu refugees trapped and scattered by fighting in the area. Relief groups in Rwanda,…

KIGALI, Rwanda (Reuter) - Foreign aid workers reached the eastern Zairean city of Goma Monday with emergency medical and food supplies and a U.N. team entered the Zairean town of Bukavu to the south. Samantha Bolton, spokeswoman for Medecins sans Frontieres…

REGIONAL: WFP has prepositioned approximately 100 tons of high-energy biscuits in Kampala from WFP emergency stocks in Pisa, Italy. This emergency stock is in preparation for a possible airlift/airdrop. KINSHASA: Reports of up to 60,000 refugees and/or internally-displaced persons heading towards Kisangani…

November 4 -- With over a million refugees on the move, CARE is deploying logistics, health and water specialists to central Africa in an attempt to head off a potential humanitarian disaster. The specialists will search for supply routes…

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. 16 on Eastern Zaire (11 November 1996) UN agencies have crossed the border into Eastern Zaire from Rwanda with limited medical…

November 6, 1996 -- CARE, the largest international relief and development organization, is preparing to help Rwandan refugees if they move back to Rwanda. This may take the form of: waystations transportation food Once refugees arrive home, they will face many…

1. Operations completed: 1. Airlift of 26.4 MT UNICEF urgent relief items from Copenhagen to Kampala/Uganda by Netherlands Airforce on 3 November 1996. 2. Four (4) airlifts with C-130 (60 MT High Energy Biscuits) by the Belgium Airforce for…