Informes

A massive new tracing operation has begun in the Kivu area to allow people still on the move to make contact with their families and to reunite children who have been separated from one or other of their parents…

Not an official document The WFP Executive Director, Ms. Catherine Bertini, arrived in Kigali, Rwanda on 19 November. Ms. Bertini met with the new returnees from Eastern Zaire in Ruhengeri prefecture yesterday. At a meeting with the Minister for Rehabilitation…

The following report tells the story of small group of recent arrivals from the Goma area who had been hiding in the Virunga National Forest for three weeks. Stories like this one provide compelling evidence of the desperate conditions…

In response to remarks by U.S. Ambassador to Rwanda Robert Gribbin on the BBC today, Refugees International is demanding the diplomat's immediate recall. "Ambassador Gribbin is downplaying the seriousness of the refugee crisis in Zaire just ahead of a…

IEastern Zaire: Situation update The situation in Eastern Zaire continues to change daily and access to reliable information on what is happening in Kivu is still sparse but it is better than it was. The majority of the border between…

1. Operations completed: 1. One (1) airlift of 26.4 MT UNICEF urgent relief items from Copenhagen to Kampala/Uganda by Netherlands Airforce on 3 November 1996. 2. Four (4) airlifts with C-130 (60 MT of High Energy Biscuits) by the Belgium Airforce…

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…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE (BHR) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Note: The last situation report was dated November 19, 1996. Overview The Banyamulenge and the Banyarwanda people, who are Tutsi of Rwandan origin, settled in the…

ICRC NEWS 46 "I HAD TO COVER 220 MILES ON FOOT" "The fighting spread to the entire town, even the night before. We had no choice. We had to leave Bukavu for Walikale and then Kisangani". The ICRC employee left on…