Informes

DATE=2/3/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-209571 TITLE=LIBERIA / PEACE (L) BYLINE=PURNELL MURDOCK DATELINE=MONROVIA CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: WEST AFRICAN PEACEKEEPING OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE SATISFIED WITH THE NUMBER OF REBEL FIGHTERS DISARMED IN LIBERIA, SO FAR. THEY HAVE EXTENDED A DEADLINE FOR COMPLETING THE DISARMAMENT PHASE TO ALLOW FIGHTERS…

Since November 1997, 445 cases of which 83 were fatal (case fatality rate 20%) have been reported in Point-Noire in the southern part of the country. The cases occurred between 7 November 1997 and 27 January 1998. Vibrio cholerae O1…

DATE=2/3/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-209593 TITLE=ZAIRE FIGHTING (L UPDATE) BYLINE=SCOTT STEARNS DATELINE=NAIROBI CONTENT= VOICED AT: /// EDS: UPDATES CR 2-209582 /// INTRO: FIGHTING IN EASTERN ZAIRE HAS SPREAD DOWN THE SOUTHERN SHORE OF LAKE TANGANYIKA. V-O-A EAST AFRICA CORRESPONDENT SCOTT STEARNS REPORTS IT IS THE FIRST TIME REBELS HAVE…

UNDP FLASH! A new UNDP initiative now under way in Monrovia is creating jobs for young people, many of whom are former combatants looking to start new lives. The US$2 million project, executed by the UN Office of Project Services,…

By Eduardo Gomez Ortega BRUSSELS, Feb 3 (IPS) - The lack of concrete actions to resolve the plight of hundreds of thousands of refugees in Zaire is a disgrace for the international community that jeopardises the credibility of…

DATE=2/3/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-209611 TITLE=ZAIRE REACT (S ONLY) BYLINE=VICTOR BEATTIE DATELINE=WASHINGTON CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: THE UNITED STATES SAYS IT SUPPORTS THE TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF ZAIRE AND DOES NOT SUPPORT REBEL GROUPS IT SAYS ARE TRYING TO DESTABILIZE THE ZAIREAN GOVERNMENT. V-O-A'S VICTOR BEATTIE REPORTS, AS A…

RUHENGERI, Rwanda (Reuter) - Rwanda's interior minister warned of increased violence and instability in the country as a Canadian priest murdered over the weekend was buried Monday in the north-western town of Ruhengeri. ''What we are seeing is an increase in…

Eastern Zaire: Tingi-Tingi: The latest figures show no improvement in the number of deaths of refugees in Tingi-Tingi: DAY TOTAL Children under 5 years + 5 years 27 21 10 11 28 30 16 14 29 34 13 21 30 27 15 12 31 29 21 8 141 75 66 As of 31 January, there were 312 cases of cholera (Inaba type) - 36 children under five…

The tragic killing of three expatriate workers of the humanitarian organization Midecins du Monde and the severe wounding of a fourth in Ruhengeri on 18 January 1997 highlighted the degree to which the security situation in Rwanda has deteriorated…

KINSHASA, Zaire (PANA) - A Zaire Defense Ministry official has said that the primary objective of government troops is to recapture from rebel forces the district of Walikale, eastern Zaire. "The recapture of Walikale is a first rate objective for FAZ…