Informes

DATE=4/24/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-213358 TITLE=ZAIRE REBELS / REFUGEES (L ONLY) BYLINE=SONYA LAURENCE GREEN DATELINE=NAIROBI CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: UNITED NATIONS OFFICIALS SAY THEY HAVE CONFIRMED THAT ABOUT 55-THOUSAND RWANDAN HUTU REFUGEES ARE ONCE AGAIN ON THE MOVE IN EASTERN ZAIRE. SONYA LAURENCE GREEN REPORTS THE U-N…

With reference to inquiries regarding monkeypox in Zaire, WHO does not recommend reintroduction of vaccination with the vaccine which effectively eradicated smallpox in the 1970s which also protects against monkeypox. Monkeypox is a rare viral disease with a clinical…

ADFL "Justice Minister" Mwenge Kongolo is now saying that the fall of Kinshasa will occur within a matter of days, not weeks. The Government of Angola says it is bolstering its security along its northern border with Zaire. While this may…

NATIONS UNIES Departement des Affaires Humanitaires / IRIN Tel: +254 2 622 147 Fax: +254 2 622 129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org IRIN: (du mercredi 24 avril 97) * Faisant face a une condamnation internationale croissante, les rebelles de l'Alliance des Forces Democratiques pour la Liberation…

(3:44am AEST) The United Nations chief, Kofi Annan, has accused Zaire's rebels of killing by starvation and called on the rebel leadership to allow aid to reach thousands of refugees stranded in eastern Zaire. The U-N Secretary General made the comments after…

DATE=4/24/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=5-36254 TITLE=ZAIRE / OUTLOOK BYLINE=JOE DECAPUA DATELINE=WASHINGTON CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: AS ZAIREAN REBELS MOVE TOWARD KINSHASA, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS HAVE VOWED TO DEFEND THE CAPITAL. WITH THE COLLAPSE OF ZAIRE'S ARMY IN THE EAST, THE DEFENSE OF THE CITY IS EXPECTED TO REST WITH…

The plight of tens of thousands of refugees in eastern Zaire has worsened in recent days as a result of heightened tension between aid agencies and rebels from the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire (ADFL).…

News Service 71/97 AI INDEX: AFR 62/12/97 Zaire: Amnesty International Condemns AFDL Abuses against Rwandese Refugees in Eastern Zaire Amnesty International condemns actions of the Alliance des forces democratiques pour la liberation du Congo-Zaire (AFDL), Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation…

(3:00am AEST) The United Nations refugee agency says 55-thousand exhausted Rwandan refugees appear to be moving south from a camp in eastern Zaire. A U-N agency spokesman in Nairobi, Peter Kessler, says the Rwandan Hutus were heading in the direction of…

(12:07pm AEST) Amnesty International has backed United Nations accusations that Zaire's rebels are killing thousands of Rwandan refugees by starvation. The human rights group says about 80,000 refugees camped near rebel-held Kisangani in eastern Zaire, are severely weakened by starvation, disease and…