Informes

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.151 on the Great Lakes (Wednesday 16 April 1997) - Regional leaders, at the end of a one-day summit…

The Government of Lebanon has requested the United States to evacuate Lebanese citizens from Zaire. This is a significant request, because estimates are that there are as many as 5,000 Lebanese citizens now in Zaire. Their evacuation would be a…

[Unedited text - not an official record] The Commission on Human Rights, Reaffirming that all Member States have an obligation to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms as stated in the Charter of the United Nations and as…

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 150 d'informations sur la region des Grands Lacs (du mardi 15 avril 97). * La presence du dirigeant burundais, Pierre…

KINSHASA, Zaire (Reuter) - Opponents of President Mobutu Sese Seko effectively closed down Zaire's capital Kinshasa for a second successive day Tuesday as part of their campaign to oust the veteran strongman. Paramilitary security forces blocked off access roads to the…

(8:38am AEST) The United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, has called on member states to put Zaire's rebel leader, Laurent Kabila, under pressure to call a ceasefire and accept a negotiated solution to his country's crisis. Kabila's rebels have captured about half of…

A confirmed cholera outbreak has just been reported in Kasese refugee camp near Kinsangani in Haut-Zaire Province. A WHO team in Kinsangani together with teams from Médecins sans Frontières and UNICEF are currently assisting in the urgent measures required…

Note: The last fact sheet was dated April 10, 1997. Background: In mid-October 1996, fighting broke out in South Kivu, Zaire between the Zairian army (FAZ) and the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire (Alliance) led by Laurent…

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.150 on the Great Lakes (Tuesday 15 April 1997) - The presence of Burundi leader, Pierre Buyoya, at tomorrow's…

Ed O'Loughlin, Special to The Christian Science Monitor KINSHASA, ZAIRE -- After six months of carrying on as though the rebellion in the east didn't exist, Kinshasa is preparing for another tense day of ville morte (dead town) protests today…