Informes

[In view of the evolving situation in the Great Lakes, IRIN is to broaden the scope of its daily update to include significant events throughout the region.] Some 35,000 refugees in Tanzania's Ngara region have left Kitali camp, but instead…

NGARA, Tanzania (Reuter) - Some 35,000 Rwandan Hutu refugees abandoned camps in northwestern Tanzania overnight and others continue to join the exodus to avoid being sent back to Rwanda, U.N. refugee agency officials said on Thursday. Heavily armed Tanzanian army…

From Ferdinand Bigumandondera; PANA Correspondent BUJUMBURA, Burundi (PANA) - A Burundi government delegation left Bujumbura Thursday for Arusha, Tanzania, accompanied by representatives of three minor parties that backed the coalition of Hutu President Sylivestre Ntibantunganya, overthrown in the July 25 military putsch. Informed…

Judith Matloff, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor BUJUMBURA, BURUNDI -- Anzania may be the next point of tension in Central Africa. Pressure is mounting as Burundian Hutu rebels, routed recently from refugee camps in Zaire, make their way…

Press Release SC/6301 The Security Council this evening extended the mandate of the United Nations Angola Verification Mission (UNAVEM III) until 28 February 1997 and approved the Secretary-General's recommendation to resume withdrawal of UNAVEM III formed military…

A 38 day nightmare is over for an American pilot and two other Red Cross workers who were taken hostage in the Central African nation of Sudan. Congressman Richardson (D-NM), who has just returned from the war-torn region, successfully…

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. 54 on the Great Lakes (Wednesday 11 December 1996) Rwandan refugees in Tanzania appear to be on the verge of leaving…

GENEVA (Reuter) - The United Nations on Wednesday said Burundi's army had killed at least 1,100 people, including hundreds of Hutu returnees from eastern Zaire in October and November, based on its investigations and witness accounts. The U.N. human rights…

DATE=12/11/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-207383 TITLE=ANGOLA FINAL RENEWAL (L ONLY) BYLINE=ELAINE JOHANSON DATELINE=UNITED NATIONS CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: THE UNITED NATIONS IS PREPARING TO END ITS PEACEKEEPING INVOLVEMENT IN ANGOLA. THE SECURITY COUNCIL WEDNESDAY RENEWED, FOR THE LAST TIME, A SEVEN-THOUSAND STRONG U-N FORCE IN THE AFRICAN NATION.…

S/RES/1087 (1996) Adopted by the Security Council at its 3722nd meeting, on 11 December 1996 The Security Council, Reaffirming its resolution 696 (1991) of 30 May 1991 and all subsequent relevant resolutions, Having considered the report of the Secretary-General dated 2…