Informes

BRUSSELS (Reuter) - European Union aid ministers, stung by French criticism of "spineless inaction" in the plight of refugees stranded in eastern Zaire, met Thursday to seek a joint response to the deepening human crisis. Arriving for the meeting in…

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. 12 on Eastern Zaire (7 November 1996) Fleeing Zairean soldiers are reportedly arriving in Kisangani, the first major town about 500…

Background A human catastrophe is unfolding in eastern Zaire where up to a million Rwandan and Burundian refugees and Zairians have fled intensive fighting. These people are without protection, food, shelter or water, and may be joined soon by an…

By Justin Forsyth Oxfam in Australia Eastern Zaire is a new test for international governance. It is also a test case for humanitarian aid. An area which has soaked up the best part of $2 billion in emergency relief since 1994,…

[This is a summary of current media reports. Their accuracy is solely the responsibility of the news sources cites] 1. HUMANITARIAN SITUATION (Agence France-Presse, 7 November 1996, 01:45 PM) The mostly Rwandan refugees and displaced Zaïrians are caught in "the…

DHA/96/22 To ensure an effective and coordinated response by the United Nations to the rapidly deteriorating situation in Eastern Zaire, Mr. Sergio Viera de Mello, Assistant High Commissioner for Refugees, has been appointed with immediate effect as UN Humanitarian Coordinator to…

(New York, 7 Nov 1996)--Human Rights Watch/Africa today called upon the international community to guarantee protection to the refugees in eastern Zaire. The human rights organization stated that to coerce them to return to unsafe situations in their home…

REGIONAL: The Regional Heads of State Summit chaired by Kenya President Moi was held in Nairobi on 5 November. Resolutions included: calls for military intervention; the establishment of humanitarian corridors; temporary sanctuaries; and an immediate cease-fire. The Zairian Government was not…

Community Aid Abroad is asking Foreign Minister, Alexander Downer, to support proposals for an international military force to intervene in Zaire. "We are asking the government to break its silence on the unfolding disaster in Central Africa and immediately commit Australian…

DATELINE ACT - Eastern Zaire DT 4 - Geneva, November 7,1997 (15.00 CET) "Flying over and driving through the areas 150-200 kilometers west of Goma you hardly see any people on roads and in villages", reports a member of an…