Informes

NAIROBI, Nairobi (PANA) - The second summit on the volatile Great Lakes region began in Nairobi on Monday without two key players - Burundi and Zaire. Opening the two-day meeting, attended by nine heads of state and government, Kenyan President…

Assisting refugees returning from Tanzania airlifting to Kisangani & Lubuto in Zaire With up to 15.000 refugees crossing from Tanzania to Rwanda ACT staff in and around Kibungo are distributing food and non-food relief items as well as assisting in…

This report has been produced to fulfill the information requirements of the UNDHA Geneva Taskforce on Eastern Zaire and the UNDHA mission in the Great Lakes region. The report attempts to fill the gaps resulting from time delays and…

BUREAU FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE (BHR) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) GREAT LAKES UPDATE -- Rwandan Refugees in Tanzania on the Move Tanzania: The situation in the Tanzania refugee camps is evolving rapidly. On December 12, Rwandan refugees began to pour…

TANZANIA: As of mid-morning on 16 December, a total of 45,000 Rwandan refugees returned to Rwanda from Ngara camps in Tanzania. This includes some 30,000 who repatriated on 15 December and some 7,500 who returned on 14 December. It appears that the…

Tanzania: Tens of thousands of Rwandan refugees are leaving the camps in north west and going home. Zaire: In Eastern Zare, thousands of refugees are arriving in the Lubutu area in a much worse condition than seen previously - several…

KIGALI, Rwanda (Reuter) - The United Nations Saturday ordered Canadian units making up a multinational force for eastern Zaire to close down and leave bases in Uganda and Rwanda, Canadian spokesmen said. The 350-strong Canadian force in the multinational force in…

This report includes: A) Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire and Tanzania B) Angola C) Iraq D) Tajikistan From P. Ares, Chief, Programming Service. Available on the Internet at WFP Home Page http://www.org/wfp/ or by e-mail from HicksDeb@wfp.org (fax 39 6 5228 2837).…

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org Some 300,000 refugees who left the Ngara camps to head further into Tanzania yesterday, did an about-turn today and began heading back. It was…

(excerpt) Cholera Rwanda. A total of 106 cases and 10 deaths have been reported since 16 November in Runda transit camp, 20 kms from Kigali. WHO is supporting the Ministry of Health in follow up and close monitoring of diarrhoeal diseases at…