Informes

ZAIRE Situation in Bukavu The number of refugees gathered in the hills behind Bukavu and who have asked to repatriate has grown to over 11,000 during the last few days. They are located in two different places : Bunyakiri, 80kms…

ZAIRE/LUBUTU AREA: (Information obtained from Pierce Gerety in Nairobi on his return from the Lubutu area, Dr. Eric Mercier in Kinshasa and Marie-Claire Yaya â Kisangani.) The number of children receiving supplementary feeding in the UNICEF nutritional rehabilitation centre in Tingi-Tingi, run…

January 10, 1997 -As the territory under the control of the Zairian rebels expands, Rwandan refugees who have been inaccessible and isolated for over two and a half months are now beginning to emerge from the dense forests near Walikale.…

(Une mise à jour rapide aujourd'hui, car nous vous envoyons aussi trois documents relatifs à la région: 1) un communiqué de Refugees International qui s'inspire de notre propre communiqué. 2) le dernier point sur la Tanzanie par notre bureau sur place. 3)…

Sixty-eight children under five died between 3 and 7 January at UNICEFs feeding centres in Tingi-Tingi, southeast of Lubutu. Signs of oedema are now also visible in the adult population. UNICEF is providing supplementary feeding to hundreds of malnourished mothers…

(FR) (UNICEF is overwhelmed and seeking help from NGOs) (660) By Wendy C. Lubetkin USIA European Correspondent GENEVA -- More than 20 Rwandan refugee children died each day in Tingi-Tingi, Zaire, from January 6 to January 8, despite the efforts of overwhelmed…

Note: The last situation report was dated January 2, 1997 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,…

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.76 on the Great Lakes (Friday 10 January 1997) - As of 6 January, donor response to the UN Consolidated Flash Appeal…

From Segun Adeyemi; PANA Correspondent NEW YORK, (PANA) - United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan has recommended the appointment of a special representative for the Great Lakes region. "I have just recommended to the (Security) Council that we should go ahead and…

Report #16 Contact: Kirk Day (202) 828-0110 UNICEF released an appeal January 8 detailing a significant increase in the number of deaths of Rwandan refugee children congregated in camps around Lubutu, Zaire. In the report, UNICEF makes the point…