Informes

Red Cross Says Access to Victims in Eastern Zaire Crucial if Lives Are to Be Saved: WASHINGTON, December 2, 1996 - Amid growing indications that the large numbers of Zairians, Rwandans and Burundians still unaccounted for in Eastern Zaire…

Vast numbers of Zairian displaced, Zairians affected by the conflict, Rwandan refugees and Burundian refugees remain without protection and assistance in eastern Zaire, and there are increasing indications that these groups are in very serious need of assistance. The fact…

GOMA, Zaire (Reuter) - The Zairean government and rebels in the far east of the country between them rejected most of the ideas for a multinational military force set up to help refugees in eastern Zaire. After talks in Kinshasa…

From Ghion Hagos ; PANA Staff Correspondent ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Secretary-General of the Organisation of African Unity, Salim Ahmed Salim, held discussions Friday, with Zairian president Mobutu Sese Seko on "promoting lasting peace, security and stability" in…

U N I T E D N A T I O N S Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org This is number 37 in a series of weekly reports from…

GOMA, Zaire (Reuter) - War-torn Central Africa lurched toward fresh conflicts Sunday with regional giants Zaire and Uganda threatening reprisals against each other while renewed fighting in Burundi sent thousands fleeing to safety. In the Zairean capital Kinshasa, information minister Boguo…

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. 45 on Eastern Zaire (30 November 1996) The Ugandan army has attacked eastern Zaire and captured Kasindi and Virunga Hills, 10km…

(FR) (Column of 50,000 begins crossing border at Gisenyi) (660) By Wendy Lubetkin USIA European Correspondent GENEVA -- The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says a column of some 50,000 refugees from the camps in the Bukavu region have begun to…

Not an official document 6.3 mt of WFP high-energy biscuits were distributed in Rwanda on 28 November, bringing the total quantity of biscuits distributed since 17 November to 127.3 mt, equivalent to 633,661 daily rations. Distribution of returnee rations continues…

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. 44 on Eastern Zaire (29 November 1996) Aid workers report fighting around Minova today. Attempts to help some 40,000 refugees, encountered…