Reports

ZAIRE Military reports of alleged infiltration of armed men into Zaire from Burundi last night prompted UNHCR staff in the Uvira region to put off activities for today in at least three camps Runingo, Biriba and Kagunga. There was…

Dear Sir \ Madam, International Alert Report: Eastern Zaire As you know the situation in eastern Zaire has worsened considerably over the past month. The attached report from one of our Field Officers demonstrates how explosive the current position is and the…

HR/96/59 Roberto Garreton, the Commission on Human Rights' Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Zaire, began today a new visit to the country. Over the course of the two-week mission he will meet with several officials of…

DATE=10/14/96 TYPE=BACKGROUND REPORT NUMBER=5-34670 TITLE=ZAIRE / ATTACK /REACT BYLINE=WILLLIAM EAGLE DATELINE=WASHINGTON EDITOR= CONTENT= NOT VOICED: INTRO: ON SUNDAY, AN ARMED BAND OF MEN ATTACKED A RWANDAN REFUGEE CAMP IN SOUTH EASTERN ZAIRE -- LEAVING AT LEAST FOUR DEAD AND NINE WOUNDED. A SPOKESMAN FOR THE REFUGEES BLAMES THE…

BUJUMBURA (Reuter) - Nearly 20,000 Hutu refugees from Burundi fled their camp in eastern Zaire Sunday after it was attacked by armed men, aid officials said. The assailants were believed to be Banyamulenge, ethnic Tutsis recently ordered out of Zaire by…

Some 19,000 refugees fled from a camp near Uvira, eastern Zaire on Sunday following an attack on the camp by armed men, described by local media as "Zairean Tutsis". The gunmen are reported to have killed four refugees and…

From Segun Adeyemi; PANA Correspondent NEW YORK, United Nations (PANA) The United Nations, for the second time in a month, has called on Zaire to withdraw allegations that a U.N. agency was involved in acts of aggression against Zaire. U.N. spokeswoman…

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 441125 Fax: +254 2 448816 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org 11 October 1996 IRIN UPDATE ON THE CONFLICT IN SOUTH KIVU, ZAIRE This update attempts to give an account of recent events in the South Kivu…

SG/SM/6076 11 October 1996 The following was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali: Further to his statement of yesterday, the Secretary-General is concerned that the situation in eastern Zaire, especially in South Kivu,…

The Zairian government is attempting to ethnically cleanse eastern Zaire of Banyamulenge, ethnic Tutsi of Rwandan ancestry, who have lived in eastern Zaire for over 200 years. There are approximately 400,000 Banyamulenge living in the area between Bukavu and Uvira…