Informes

NAIROBI, Nov 28 (Reuter) - Aid workers on Thursday poured scorn on a Canadian plan to airdrop food to thousands of Rwandan Hutu refugees in eastern Zaire, saying the proposal was expensive, dangerous and full of holes. The Zairean government…

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…

S/1996/993 I. INTRODUCTION 1. In paragraph 10 of its resolution 1078 (1996) of 9 November 1996, the Security Council requested the Secretary-General, in consultation with his Special Envoy, the Humanitarian Coordinator for the Great Lakes Region, the United…

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

Some 50,000 Rwandans, comprising the first significant group to show up from the so=ADcalled "lost refugees" from the south Kivu region, begin to arrive in Rwanda through the Goma=ADGisenyi route. About 1,000 refugees return to Rwanda via Cyangugu from Bukavu region…

We expect an estimated 50,000 Rwandan refugees from the south Kivu region to head for Rwanda today from Sake. This large concentration - the first major group of the so-called lost refugees from the camps in Bukavu and Uvira…

RWANDAN RETURNEE NUMBERS AND FLOWS: WFP reports that the Rwandan government has requested closure of all way stations from Gisenyi to Nkamira and has closed the Nkamira transit camp to encourage people to return home as quickly as possible. (IRIN…

Eastern Zaire There were reports of shooting in the hills to the west of Sake yesterday. SCF UK's tracing teams were in the area when the shooting began. No casualties were reported and the assailants were not identified. ICRC reports…

ACTions in Zaire, Tanzania and Rwanda Medicine for Eastern Zaire Geneva, Nairobi & Bunia, November 29, 1996 While the countries involved with establishing the international force for Zaire are discussing airdrops (mostly as a way out of their current stalemate), an…

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…