Informes

Note: The last situation report was dated January 31, 1997. Overview The Banyamulenge and the Banyarwanda people, who are Tutsi of Rwandan origin, settled in the Mulenge hills of South Kivu, Zaire, and the Masisi region of North Kivu, Zaire, more…

SC/6323 In Presidential Statement, Council Reaffirms Zaire's Sovereignty, Urges Cooperation with Special Representative for Region The Security Council this afternoon, expressing grave concern at the deteriorating situation in the Great Lakes region of Africa, in particular eastern Zaire, called for…

Judith Matloff, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor JOHANNESBURG -- Like a tornado sucking in everything in its path, the battle for eastern Zaire is involving more and more countries, opening a chapter of heightened internationalization of African wars. A…

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 Update 96 for 7 February 1997 - A WFP spokesperson said that their UN compound in Lubutu, Zaire has been surrounded by Zairean…

This is an excerpt of the original report which includes: A) Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire and Tanzania B) Uganda C) Liberia and Sierra Leone D) Tajikistan E) Former Yugoslavia. From P. Ares, Chief, Programming Service. Available on the Internet at WFP Home…

Not an official document ZAIRE Kisangani WFP mission headed by Director Africa Region and including Chief of Logistics and Zaire Country Director visited Kisangani and Tingi Tingi today to assess situation. WFP chartered Boeing 707 continues to airlift food to Kisangani.…

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (PANA) - The Burundi Democratic Front (FRODEBU), the former ruling party in that strife-torn country, on Thursday requested for United Nations troops to restrain the military government in Bujumbura from further harassment of the masses. The…

5:21 PM EST GOMA, Zaire (Reuter) - Zaire rebel leader Laurent Kabila Thursday listed fresh advances by his forces and told some 5,000 newly trained troops they had a duty to remove President Mobutu Sese Seko and his "corrupt and…

Contact: Dennis Grace (202)828-0110 The current fear in Rwanda is that it may become another Burundi. Rwanda has achieved dramatic infrastructure and security improvements in the two years since the 1994 genocide. Recently, however, Rwanda has been plagued by increasing…

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org - Tens of thousands of refugees yesterday fled the Shabunda camp in eastern Zaire after reports that ADFL rebels had captured the nearby town…