Informes

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. 7 on Eastern Zaire (5 November 1996) Despite diplomatic efforts, the Kenyan government appears to have failed to convince Zaire to…

NAIROBI, Kenya (Reuter) - African leaders gathered on Tuesday for their first summit on the war in eastern Zaire where more than a million Hutu refugees are at risk. Hopes for progress at the Nairobi talks, due to start at…

From Mildred Mulenga; PANA Staff Correspondent LUSAKA, Zambia (PANA) - A senior Zairean official warned Tuesday that the country would use force to remove what he said was the Rwandan army from eastern Zaire, who are aiding anti-government Tutsi rebels. Ngbanda…

News Service 204/96 AI INDEX : AFR 02/10/96 On behalf of Amnesty International, I am sending an urgent appeal to you as African heads of state and government meeting in Nairobi on 5 November 1996 to seek measures to prevent…

Geneva, 5 November 1996 The current crisis in the Great Lakes region of Africa is posing one of the most difficult challenges for the International Federation as it tries to develop an action plan to assist up to 1.1 million…

GOMA: No further information since SitRep 12 dated Sunday 3 November. BUKAVU: No further information since SitRep #12. UVIRA: No further information since SitRep #12. KINSHASA: Harassment continues against ethnic Tutsis. Unconfirmed reports indicate that several people are trying to flee into Brazzaville by crossing the…

DATE=11/4/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-205615 TITLE=ZAIRE BAN (S) BYLINE=PURNELL MURDOCK DATELINE=KINSHASA CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: THE GOVERNMENT OF ZAIRE HAS BANNED PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION FOLLOWING THE OUTBREAK OF VIOLENCE LAST WEEK DURING A PROTEST MARCH IN THE CAPITAL, KINSHASA. FROM KINSHASA, V-O-A CORRESPONDENT PURNELL MURDOCK REPORTS THE ANNOUNCEMENT COMES AMID…

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. 6 on Eastern Zaire (4 November 1996) A three week ceasefire has been announced by the rebel Alliance of Democratic Forces…

BUJUMBURA, Nov 4 (Reuter) - Burundi has protested strongly to Zaire after its ambassador's residence in Kinshasa was looted by troops and students at the weekend, state-run Radio Burundi said on Monday. "The government of Burundi protests indignantly to the Zairean…

Judith Matloff, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor KINSHASA, ZAIRE -- One of Africa's biggest, potentially richest, and most anarchic nations may be bound for collapse. Zaire, whose dictator has been absent with illness for two months, has been set adrift…