Informes

UNHCR moves on two fronts to provide emergency relief to refugees in government-controlled areas of east-central Zaire and territory under the Alliance of Democratic Forces for Liberation (ADFL). In Kisangani, UNHCR staff are transporting supplies for more than 100,000 refugees…

DATE=3/12/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-211343 TITLE=ZAIRE / PROTEST (L-ONLY) BYLINE=PURNELL MURDOCK DATELINE=KINSHASA CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: PROTESTERS DEMONSTRATED WEDNESDAY IN FRONT OF THE UNITED STATES EMBASSY IN THE ZAIREAN CAPITAL, KINSHASA, DENOUNCING WHAT THEY CALLED U-S SUPPORT FOR RWANDA, BURUNDI AND UGANDA. AS V-O-A'S PUIRNELL MURDOCK REPORTS FROM…

GOMA, Zaire (Reuter) - Zairean rebels rejected on Wednesday diplomatic pressure for a ceasefire, saying their forces were pushing on towards a showdown at the garrison city of Kisangani. ''Kisangani is in our grip and we are putting constant pressure…

DATE=3/12/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-211344 TITLE=ZAIRE FORCE (L ONLY) BYLINE=GORDON MARTIN DATELINE=GENEVA CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: DUTCH FOREIGN MINISTER HANS VAN MIERLO -- SPEAKING FOR THE EUROPEAN UNION -- SAYS E-U OFFICIALS ARE CONSIDERING SOME KIND OF INTERNATIONAL FORCE TO PROTECT REFUGEES AND AID-WORKERS IN ZAIRE. GORDON MARTIN…

DATE=3/12/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-211313 TITLE=SAF / ZAIRE (L ONLY) BYLINE=ALEX BELIDA DATELINE=JOHANNESBURG CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: SOUTH AFRICAN AUTHORITIES ARE STRESSING THE NEED FOR A COLLECTIVE APPROACH TO RESOLVING THE CURRENT CRISIS IN ZAIRE. V-O-A CORRESPONDENT ALEX BELIDA IN JOHANNESBURG REPORTS ON COMMENTS BY A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN…

4:49 PM EST GOMA, Zaire (Reuter) - Prime Minister Kengo wa Dondo Wednesday dismissed suggestions that Zaire's third city of Kisangani was about to fall, saying Tutsi-led rebels may have won battles in the east but they had not won…

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org - Contacts between Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire (ADFL) rebels and the Zairean opposition are increasing. Jacques Matanda, a key…

A new site is being established by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies to shelter refugees from Tingi Tingi, Kalima and Shabunda. Set up in cooperation with the Red Cross Society of the Republic of…

*97031105.AAF (Will not join any multinational force to area) (260) By Jane Morse USIA State Department Correspondent WASHINGTON -- The United States is not prepared to join any multinational force bound for eastern Zaire, says State Department Spokesman Nicholas Burns. "We believe…

GOMA, Zaire(Reuter) - Zairian rebels said Tuesday they had seized a port in the southern mining region of Shaba and would soon capture the northeastern city of Kisangani, a government stronghold on the Zaire River. The French government, which backs…