Informes

DATELINE ACT Great lakes region No 12 ACTions in Great Lakes Region - January 1997 Geneva, January 13, 1997 With 1,300,582 people (UNHCR figure) returning to Rwanda since mid-November, much of ACT International's attention is now focused on assisting returnees in their home…

NOTE: The Consolidated Great Lakes Report is a compilation of information from the following sources: USG cables; U.N., IO, and NGO situation reports; press clips; and USG departments, bureaus, and offices. The date and source of each entry are…

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.77 on the Great Lakes (Saturday-Monday 11-13 January 1997) - Burundi's Tutsi-dominated army has admitted killing 126 Hutu refugees on Friday who…

30 Dec 1996 to 13 Jan 1997 Although representatives of major political parties in Burundi are scheduled to meet later this month to discuss the country's political future, the CNDD, the political arm of one of the leading rebel groups,…

ZAIRE/LUBUTU AREA: (Information obtained from Pierce Gerety in Nairobi on his return from the Lubutu area, Dr. Eric Mercier in Kinshasa and Marie-Claire Yaya â Kisangani.) The number of children receiving supplementary feeding in the UNICEF nutritional rehabilitation centre in Tingi-Tingi, run…

January 10, 1997 -As the territory under the control of the Zairian rebels expands, Rwandan refugees who have been inaccessible and isolated for over two and a half months are now beginning to emerge from the dense forests near Walikale.…

(Une mise à jour rapide aujourd'hui, car nous vous envoyons aussi trois documents relatifs à la région: 1) un communiqué de Refugees International qui s'inspire de notre propre communiqué. 2) le dernier point sur la Tanzanie par notre bureau sur place. 3)…

Sixty-eight children under five died between 3 and 7 January at UNICEFs feeding centres in Tingi-Tingi, southeast of Lubutu. Signs of oedema are now also visible in the adult population. UNICEF is providing supplementary feeding to hundreds of malnourished mothers…

(FR) (UNICEF is overwhelmed and seeking help from NGOs) (660) By Wendy C. Lubetkin USIA European Correspondent GENEVA -- More than 20 Rwandan refugee children died each day in Tingi-Tingi, Zaire, from January 6 to January 8, despite the efforts of overwhelmed…

Issued weekly by the United Nations World Food Programme This report includes: A) Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire and Tanzania. From P. Ares, Chief, Programming Service. Available on the Internet at WFP Home Page http://www.wfp.org/ or by e-mail from HicksDeb@wfp.org (fax 39…