Informes

DATE=4/21/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-213182 TITLE=U-N / ZAIRE (L ONLY) BYLINE=DOUGLAS ROBERTS DATELINE=GENEVA CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: U-N OFFICIALS SAY ZAIREAN REBEL FORCES HAVE LAUNCHED A MILITARY OPERATION NEAR A RWANDAN REFUGEE CAMP SOUTH OF THE PROVINCIAL CAPITAL, KISANGANI. V-O-A CORRESPONDENT DOUGLAS ROBERTS IN GENEVA REPORTS THE U-N…

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Ms. Sadako Ogata, is complaining that ADFL forces will not allow her staff to visit refugee camps south of Kisangani. She reports that ADFL forces are conducting military operations in this area. As a…

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for the Great Lakes Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org IRIN Emergency Update No.154 on the Great Lakes (Saturday-Monday 19-21 April 1997) - Increasing confirmation of Angola's assistance to Zairean rebels…

WHAT: A system used for centuries by Africans to carry food and other provisions deep into impenetrable bush is being used by CARE, the world's largest international relief and development organization, to ferry food to Rwandan refugees caught up…

DATE=4/20/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-213155 TITLE=REBELS / NEW RECRUITS (L) BYLINE=JOHN PITMAN DATELINE=LUBUMBASHI CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: ELEVEN DAYS AGO, TWO DAYS AFTER ZAIREAN REBELS CAPTURED THE SOUTHERN CITY OF LUBUMBASHI, THEY PUT OUT A CALL FOR NEW RECRUITS -- ESPECIALLY EDUCATED YOUNG MEN WILLING TO BECOME OFFICERS.…

KINSHASA, Zaire (PANA) - President Mobutu Sese Seko's special adviser has ruled out the possibility of exile for the ailing Zairean leader as suggested by rebel leader, Laurent-Desire Kabila. Mobutu has not lost an election. Why ask him to quit ,…

Central Africa Overview Zaire Watch continues to alert its readers that there are multiple indications that the situation throughout much of Central Africa is growing increasingly volatile. While Zaire Watch does not necessarily subscribe to the "domino…

The battle for Kinshasa is now underway. John Chiahmen is reporting for Reuter that an Angolan aircraft was parked at the Lubumbashi airport over the weekend and that Portuguese speaking military men are staying at a hotel in Lubumbashi,…

HARARE, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe's Foreign Affairs Minister Stan Mudenge says a press advertisement published Saturday by ruling Zanu-PF party, praising Zairean rebel leader Laurent Kabila, did not represent the official government view. Zanu pf is an institution on its…

NAIROBI (Reuter) - Zaire rebel leader Laurent Kabila ruled out on Friday protracted talks with President Mobutu Sese Seko, saying he would only attend a short ceremony on the transfer of power. Kabila, head of the Alliance of Democratic Forces for…