Informes

(extract) HR/CN/97/30 1 April 1997 Sadako Ogata, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, this morning appealed to the international community to help with the ordeal of Zairean civilians and Rwandan refugees caught in the war in eastern Zaire. In an…

In Zaire, rebels claim they have captured more territory ahead of peace talks with the government. Reports from Zaire say the rebels seized the town of Kamina in mineral-rich Shaba province in their advance on the provincial capital Lubumbashi. Lubumbashi is…

NATIONS UNIES Departement des Affaires Humanitaires / IRIN Tel: +254 2 622 147 Fax: +254 2 622 129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org * Des representants du Haut Commissariat aux Refugies qui travaillent sur le terrain ont decrit aujourd'hui la situation de pres de 100.000 refugies…

BUREAU FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE (BHR) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) ZAIRE - Complex Emergency April 1, 1997 Note: The last fact sheet was dated March 27, 1997. Background: In mid-October, 1996 fighting broke out in South Kivu, Zaire between…

Military Police in Lubumbashi have been disarming retreating Zairean army soldiers to prevent looting of the city. The soldiers seized a train while fleeing the rebel advance on Kamina and were disarmed without resistance at the Lubumbashi railway station.…

(extract) The Oxfam Emergencies Bulletin aims to give an overview of Oxfams current emergency work world-wide, for use in communications work. It appears monthly. For further information, contact Maurice Herson in the Emergencies Department. [ Telephone 01865 312540; e-mail mherson@oxfam.org.uk ] Central Africa (Great…

Report #28 Contact: David Shorr (202) 828-0110 In the last few days, conditions for the refugees south of Kisangani have become much worse than they already were. The ADFL-ordered closing of the northernmost camp at Lula (seven kilometers outside Kisangani) forced exhausted…

(WFP says hundreds of bodies line roadsides south of Kisangani) (430) By Wendy Lubetkin USIA European Correspondent GENEVA -- Describing the refugee situation in Zaire as "catastrophic," the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) appealed to the international community April 1 to stabilize…

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 UNHCR field workers today described the situation of about 100,000 refugees between Ubundu and Kisangani in eastern Zaire as "catastrophic". A…

The situation in Zaire continues to be extremely worrying our field officers are describing it as 'catastrophic' and calling for immediate action to be taken to stabilise the situation. In accordance with an agreement with officials of the Alliance in…