Informes

Judith Matloff, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor JOHANNESBURG -- Rebels waging an uprising in eastern Zaire are on the verge of two coveted victories, leaving the crumbling regime of President Mobutu Sese Seko no choice but to negotiate. Over…

DATE=3/3/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-210837 TITLE=U-N / ZAIRE (L ONLY) BYLINE=DOUGLAS ROBERTS DATELINE=GENEVA CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: U-N OFFICIALS CONFIRMED MONDAY THAT AROUND 170-THOUSAND RWANDAN REFUGEES HAVE ABANDONED A CAMP IN EASTERN ZAIRE, CAPTURED BY REBEL FORCES OVER THE WEEK-END. V-O-A'S DOUGLAS ROBERTS IN GENEVA REPORTS THE U-N…

Zairean rebel leader, Laurent-Desire Kabila, says his forces are poised to attack the key regional city of Kisangani after taking two towns in weekend fighting. Africa correspondent Ben Wilson reports aid agencies say more than one-hundred-thousand Rwandan refugees fled the Tingi…

As increasingly large numbers of children continue to die of starvation, disease and exhaustion, Save the Children today urged all parties to the conflict in eastern Zaire to accept the innocence of the children caught up in this crisis.…

Paul Ejime PANA Staff Correspondent KINSHASA, Zaire (PANA) - The Zairian Human Rights Association (AZADHO) has accused rebels led by Laurent Kabila of committing atrocities and massacres in the country's eastern provinces. In a document issued in Kinshasa over the weekend, the…

DATE=3/2/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-210785 TITLE=ZAIRE/REBELS (S) BYLINE=PURNELL MURDOCK DATELINE«IDJAN CONTENT= VOICED AT: /// EDITORS: PLEASE UPDATE INTRO WITH THE LATEST CN-ITEM /// INTRO: NEWS REPORTS QUOTE REBELS IN EASTERN ZAIRE AS SAYING THEY HAVE TAKEN CONTROL OF ANOTHER TOWN AND A NEARBY REFUGEE CAMP AS THEY CONTINUE…

United Nations Humanitarian Agencies express their deep concern over conditions affecting the delivery of emergency assistance to affected populations, displaced persons and Rwandese refugees in Zaire Kinshasa, March 1997: United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, authorized the relocation of all UN personnel from…

Copyright (c) 1997 Reuter Information Service KINSHASA (Mar 2, 1997 6:55 p.m. EST) -- Hutus reportedly have been massacred in rebel-held eastern Zaire on a large scale, Zaire's main human rights group said. A statement by the Association for the Defense…

ICRC Communication to the press No. 97/08 Geneva (ICRC) - In spite of the aid which has been trickling in over the past few days to help feed refugees gathered along a few kilometres of railway line between the towns…

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 Great Lakes: IRIN Update 112 for 1 Mar 1997 97.3.1 - International staff of UN agencies and international NGOs were today evacuated…