Informes

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for the Great Lakes Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org IRIN Emergency Update No.41 on eastern Zaire (Tuesday 26 November 1996) A Rwandan Hutu refugee has said hundreds of thousands of his…

The military of potential troop-contributing countries have just met to discuss their plans for a multinational force for eastern Zaire. Despite four days of talks, no conclusive proposal has emerged. Instead, at least four options remain for consideration and…

Disaster Bulletin: Zaire Refugee Crisis Drawing on its existing infrastructure inside Rwanda, Church World Service (CWS) is responding to needs stemming from the massive movement of Rwandan refugees in eastern Zaire back into their country. CWS, in conjunction with its…

CONTINUES TO CALL FOR ACCESS TO THOSE STILL IN ZAIRE UPDATE: DECEMBER 2, 1996 At the center of the current crisis on the Zaire/Rwanda border, Doctors Without Borders is working around the clock to provide on-the-spot…

With most of the estimated 500,000 returnees back in their communes, attention turns to those who have nowhere to go. At least 19 temporary shelters have been set up in the Kigali area for some 20,000 returnees in the…

AI INDEX: AFR 02/29/96 Members of a Tutsi-led armed group in eastern Zaire massacred about 500 unarmed Rwandese refugees and displaced Zairians at Chimanga refugee camp, 60 kilometres south of Bukavu, according to information received today by Amnesty International. The victims…

GOMA, Zaire(Reuter) - Hundreds of Rwandan refugees arriving in the eastern Zairean town of Goma Tuesday are reporting a large-scale buildup of refugees both to the west and south of the town of Sake, 12 miles to the west,…

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. 40 on Eastern Zaire (26 November 1996) United Nations Regional Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator, Martin Griffiths - returning from Zaire - told…

Eastern Zaire There have been varying accounts of the number and precise location of refugees/displaced people in eastern Zaire. What is clear is that large numbers of people remain in the region in need of assistance. ICRC is extremely concerned about…

On 23 November, the ICRC was able to return to Bukavu. However, access to vast numbers of Zairian displaced, Zairians affected by the conflict, Rwandan refugees and Burundian refugees who remain without assistance and protection, has still not been…