Informes

Briefing info now completely outdated by events, so this is a summary of the current position rather than what has been said this morning. UNHCR temporarily halted assistance to the camps in eastern Zaire today after what officers on the…

(U.S. also wants transition and cease-fire in Zaire) (830) By Charles W. Corey USIA Staff Writer WASHINGTON -- "Mobutuism" or the "era of the dictator, is past," not only in Zaire but worldwide, says U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. In an April…

BUREAU FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE (BHR) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) ZAIRE - Complex Emergency Note: The last fact sheet was dated April 15, 1997. Background: In mid-October 1996, fighting broke out in South Kivu, Zaire between the Zairian army…

DATE=4/17/97 TYPE=NEWS FEATURE NUMBER=5-36193 TITLE=LUBUMBASHI SITREP BYLINE=JOHN PITMAN DATELINE=LUBUMBASHI CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: ONE WEEK AGO, REBEL SOLDIERS FOUGHT THEIR WAY INTO ZAIRE'S SECOND LARGEST CITY, LUBUMBASHI, AND CAPTURED IT FROM GOVERNMENT FORCES. IN THE WEEK SINCE THE REBELS' ARRIVAL, LIFE FOR MANY RESIDENTS HAS RESUMED…

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 - Zairean rebel leader Laurent Kabila, who arrived in South Africa yesterday to an almost presidential welcome, held closed-door talks in…

Approximately 1,500 displaced Zaireans have been successfully airlifted to Goma on United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and World Food Programme (WFP) outbound flights from Kisangani. The Rwandan government (GOR) has publicly opposed plans by the UNHCR to repatriate…

ICRC air bridge for internally displaced In the afternoon of Tuesday, 15 April, an ICRC-chartered Hercules C-130 took off on its first flight from Goma to Kisangani, some 700 kilometres to the north-east. It returned in the early evening, carrying…

NATIONS UNIES Departement des Affaires Humanitaires / IRIN Tel: +254 2 622 147 Fax: +254 2 622 129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org IRIN: Bulletin quotidien no 152 d'informations sur la region des Grands Lacs (du jeudi 17 avril 97). * Le chef des rebelles zairois,…

UN envoy Ambassador Sahnoun has indicated that preparations are moving forward for a face-to-face meeting between Kinshasa's President Mobutu and ADFL leader Kabila. Mr. Sahnoun has said "The outcome we have (is) the agreement in principle by the two parties…

DATE=4/17/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER"13021- TITLE=ZAIRE REBELS MONEY (S) BYLINE=JOHN PITMAN DATELINE=LUBUMBASHI CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: REBEL OFFICIALS IN SHABA PROVINCE HAVE JOINED MOST OF THE REST OF THE COUNTRY IN REJECTING LARGE DENOMINATION BANK NOTES PRINTED BY THEGOVERNMENT IN KINSHASA. MOST OF THOSE ZAIREAN PROVINCES REJECTED THE…