Democratic Republic of the Congo
Geneva, 26 October 1996 Staff and volunteers from the Red Cross Society of the Republic of Zaire are carrying out distributions of food and firewood today in two refugee camps in the South Kivu region of Zaire. Nearly 80,000 refugees,…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The World Food Programme evacuated 128 international aid workers Saturday from the town of Bukavu because of armed clashes raging in eastern Zaïre. The aid workers will be flown to Nairobi, Kenya. Of 128 aid workers evacuated from Bukavu, five are…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
(FR) (Calls on 'senior leaders' to meet, use their influence) (810) By Robert Fullerton USIA Staff Writer WASHINGTON -- U.S. officials have "met at the highest level" with the Zairian and Rwandan governments to urge them to instruct militias that "they have…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
[IRIN Note: IRIN does not usually distribute political statements, but given the current crisis, we feel it is useful for the humanitarian community to be aware of the widest range of information possible. IRIN's distribution of the item of…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Bukavu calm but renewed fighting north of Goma Geneva, October 25, (12.00 am, CET): Bukavu is calm this morning, report aid workers in the Eastern Zairian town. The majority of Hutu refugees from the former camps at Uvira appear to have…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
"The crowd swelled with everybody shouting, 'Tutsi! Tutsi!' The young men were responding from the crowd, 'We will kill them! We will kill them!" -- Peter Muriuki, CARE Uvira Logisitc Officer October 25 -- Peter Muriuki, CARE Uvira Logistics Officer, is…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
I am deeply saddened that once again you are on the roads fleeing for your lives. I am afraid this terrible situation may not stop immediately, and I would like you to know that we will do everything possible, in…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Geneva, 25 October 1996 The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies plans to airlift emergency supplies into eastern Zaire this weekend, to provide assistance to up to 100,000 of nearly 250,000 Rwandan and Burundian refugees who fled…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
New York -- Fifty thousand refugees have arrived in Bukavu, Zaire, fleeing fighting to the south. ACT, an interchurch aid coalition including Lutheran World Relief, is gearing up to meet minimum basic needs in the area. An airlift of…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees today urged Rwandan refugees caught in fighting in eastern Zaire to consider returning to Rwanda. High Commissioner Sadako Ogata, in a statement broadcast by local radio stations in the region, said she was "deeply…
