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. 147 on the Great Lakes (Thursday 10 April 1997) - After heavy fighting in Lubumbashi, rebels from the…

10 April 1997 Reported by William Thomas Bray WVI Special Correspondent After several days of delays, World Vision has airlifted a relief team carrying medical supplies into the Eastern Zaire town of Kalemie where an outbreak of cholera has been…

*97041001.AAF (Burns reiterates that Mobutu era is over) (280) By Jane Morse USIA Diplomatic Correspondent WASHINGTON -- Laurent Kabila's rebel alliance in Zaire now occupies Lubumbashi, that country's second-largest city, Nicholas Burns, the U.S. State Department spokesman, confirmed April 10. Burns also reiterated that…

Note: The last fact sheet was dated April 8, 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…

Segun Adeyemi PANA Correspondent NEW YORK, United Nations (PANA) - The United Nations has said that it will reduce its presence in Kinshasa following the deteriorating situation in the Zairean capital. A UN spokesman, Juan Carlos Brandt, told correspondents in New…

There is a need for democratic change in Zaire, how this is achieved is primarily a matter for the Zairean people. We look to President Mobutu to take decisions in line with the wishes of his citizens and the…

Zairean rebels have captured the country's second largest city Lubumbashi after a day of sporadic fighting. The fall of the city, which has been expected for several days, leaves the rebels in control of every major town and city in…

KINSHASA, Zaire (Reuter) - Rebels dealt a potentially fatal blow to the 32-year rule of President Mobutu Sese Seko by wresting control of Zaire's economic backbone, then proclaimed a three-day pause in their offensive to allow him to quit. With…

Mildred Mulenga PANA Staff Correspondent LUSAKA, Zambia (PANA) - As Zairean rebels savour their victory in Lubumbashi, the country's second major city, Kenyan President Daniel Arap Moi said here he would like to know who is backing the fighters of…

Lubumbashi has fallen. Residents of the city have attacked and looted military bases in the city and Mr. Mobutu's residence, and then set them on fire. Jubilant citizens roamed the streets tearing down images of President Mobutu and burning them.…