Democratic Republic of the Congo
Numbers of displaced people surpass 1994 totals AKRON, Pa. -- Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) is appealing for 50,000 blankets by Christmas. The blankets will go to eastern Zaire where more than 1 million people -- Rwandan and Burundian refugees as well…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Eighteen prominent US relief agencies today issued a statement calling on the US government to take immediate action before tens of thousands of people die in eastern Zaire. Here is the full text of the statement and the agencies…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
SG/SM/6104 8 November 1996 Citing Pressing Need, Says Force Should Be Formed By Member States, under Authority of Security Council The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Boutros Boutros-Ghali: The Secretary-General has been profoundly disturbed…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
PR/GVA/96/39 An Italian DC10 military aircraft loaded with emergency relief supplies donated by the Government of Italy to UNICEF and its NGO partners arrived in Kigali this morning, Friday, 8 November. The relief cargo, which includes medical kits, tents, plastic…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE (BHR) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) ZAIRE - Complex Emergency BACKGROUND: The Banyamulenge and the Banyarwanda people, who are Tutsi of Rwandan origin, settled in the Mulenge hills of South Kivu,…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
GOMA, Zaire (Reuter) - War in eastern Zaire is affecting an increasingly wide area, with more people fleeing and ever greater numbers going hungry, aid workers said on Friday. Spain, one of the backers of a proposed international intervention force…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Judith Matloff, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor KINSHASA, ZAIRE -- An international community concerned at the possibility of a humanitarian catastrophe in Central Africa is desperately trying to find ways to once and for all get more than 1…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
DATE=11/8/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-205895 TITLE=ZAIRE / CAMP (L) BYLINE=SCOTT STEARNS DATELINE=GISENYI, RWANDA CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: OUTSIDERS HAVE BEEN TURNED AWAY FROM A REFUGEE CAMP IN EASTERN ZAIRE BUT SMOKE FROM BATTLE THAT HAS BEEN FOR DAYS RISING FROM THE CAMP STOPPED ON FRIDAY. V-O-A'S SCOTT STEARNS…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
II.- ENTRETIEN DU MINISTRE DES AFFAIRES ETRANGERES, M. HERVE DE CHARETTE, AVEC "LCI" (Paris, 6 novembre 1996) (Extraits) Q - Il y a un dossier qui est central actuellement, c'est l'affaire du Zaïre. Est-ce qu'il faut que les…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
POINT DE PRESSE DU 8 NOVEMBRE 1996 (Extraits) Le porte-parole du ministère des Affaires étrangères s'est exprimé sur les sujets suivants au cours du point de presse de ce jour : …
