Informes

NOTE: The Consolidated Great Lakes report is a compilation of information from the following sources: USG cables; U.N., IO, and NGO situation reports; press clips; and USG departments, bureaus, and offices. The date and source of each entry are…

DN: IP/97/78 Date: 1997-01-31 ip/97/78 Brussels, 31th January 1997 The European Commissioner for Development and External Relations with ACP countries, Prof. Jo=E3o de Deus PINHEIRO, has just completed visits to Ethiopia, Eritrea and Uganda as part of his official…

By William Wallis KINSHASA, Jan 30 (Reuter) - Zaire's counter-offensive against rebels has run into difficulty with the mercenary-backed government army on the defensive on many fronts, government and military sources said on Thursday. A senior defence ministry official in the capital…

BURUNDI, RWANDA, TANZANIA, UGANDA & ZAIRE: emergency appeal no. 19/96 period covered: 1 October - 31 December 1996 Summary The Red Cross Societies of Zaire, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and Uganda aided by the International Federation, had to contend with three months of arduous,…

Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, January 30, 1997.ZAIRE After 31 years of authoritarian rule, President Mobutu Sese Seko is generally considered to remain in control of the Government, although his poor health…

From Ghion Hagos; PANA Staff Correspondent ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Organization of African Unity and the Eurpoean Union (EU) say they want greater international effort to contain the conflict in the Greater Lakes region of Africa. This call was…

*97012904.AAF (1/29 statement by Nicholas Burns) (390) WASHINGTON -- State Department Spokesman Nicholas Burns announced January 29 that President Clinton has authorized the use of up to $38 million from the U.S. Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund "to meet the…

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org IRIN Emergency Update No. 89 on the Great Lakes (Wednesday 29 January 1997) - Zaire said today that several thousand Ugandan soldiers had invaded eastern…

Eastern Zaire: Tingi-Tingi: Here are the latest figures regarding deaths of refugees in Tingi-Tingi: DAY TOTAL Children under 5 years + 5 years 23 27 12 15 24 19 12 7 25 21 11 10 26 36 24 12 103 59 44 As of 26/1, there were 231 cases of cholera, with 5 people dead; there are around 15 to 25 new cases…

*97012804.AAF (FR) (Sahnoun says tragedy continues) (630) By Judy Aita USIA United Nations Correspondent UNITED NATIONS -- The special international envoy to the Great Lakes region said that he will try to initiate a political dialogue between the warring factions in Zaire and he…