Informes

SG/SM/6177 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan: The Secretary-General notes with regret the decision taken by the Government of Zaire on 4 March to expel from Zaire those international aid workers, who had been…

Overview The Banyamulenge and the Banyarwanda people, who are Tutsi of Rwandan origin, settled in the Mulenge hills of South Kivu, Zaire, and the Masisi region of North Kivu, Zaire, more than 200 years ago. Sporadic ethnic violence in the…

SC/6336 Presidential Statement Calls on Alliance of Democratic Forces for Liberation of Congo/Zaire to Publicly Accept Peace Provisions The Security Council this evening welcomed the Zairian Government's acceptance of the United Nations peace plan contained in its resolution 1097 (1997)…

LUSAKA, Zambia (PANA) - Germany gave 290,000 U.S. dollars Thursday to support Zairian refugees entering Zambia in increasing numbers through Kaputa and Mpulungu, in the north of the country. The German Embassy in Lusaka said this action followed an appeal for…

Brussels, 6492/97 (Presse 69) E/23/97 The European Union reiterates its support for the efforts of the UN/OAU special envoy for the Great Lakes region to achieve a peaceful solution to the conflict in eastern Zaire. In this connection the European Union welcomes…

(Excerpt) We have set up a tent in Kingulube, 140 km west of Bukavu. There are 10 relief workers there, including two from UNHCR. The rest are NGOs. They have high protein biscuits, medicines and we are hoping that our…

5:13 PM EST KINSHASA, Zaire (Reuter) - Soldiers broke up a bid by Zaire's main opposition to march in the capital, Kinshasa, Friday in support of talks with rebel leader Laurent Kabila but party militants vowed to regroup and try…

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org - The Zairean Ministry of Defence said there had been violent clashes with rebels on Thursday, near Panga, some 80 kilometers northeast of Kisangani.…

The rebels are being treated as double heroes as they march through Zaire, freeing residents from 30 years of Mobutu's plundering rule, and the brutalities of the fleeing remnants of Rwanda's Hutu army. CHRIS MCGREAL reports from Punia in eastern Zaire…

ACCRA, Ghana (PANA) - Ghanaian President Jerry Rawlings appealed Wednesday to the warring parties in eastern Zaire to stop fighting and seek a political solution to their conflict. He said the war, being fought between Zairean government forces and rebels…