Informes

LIVINGSTONE, Zambia (PANA) - A new group of 26 Zairean refugees has arrived in Livingstone, the southern Zambian town, on the border with Zimbabwe. The southern province police chief, Emphrim Mateyo, confirmed that of the Zaireans arrived in the tourist…

Contact: Cindy Browne (513) 474-4997/Fax: (513) 474-0382/ E-mail: combonipn@igc.apc.org Comboni Press/Rome/12/30/96. The situation in Eastern Zaire is worsening. On Christmas day, Isiro was completely looted by fleeing Zaire troops. The two Comboni Mission houses were despoiled of everything and the provincial house…

BUNIA, Zaire (Reuter) - Rebels seized the strategic northeastern Zaire town of Bunia and nearby gold mines, partly operated by Canadians, in a fierce battle with government forces which left hundreds dead, residents said Thursday. "The fighting was terrible and there…

The personnel of the Catholic Institutes working in the region of ISIRO is well and ready to be evacuated. In Kinshasa the embassies of Portugal, Spain, Italy, Germany and Canada are working for their rescue. The main stumbling-block is…

Period covered: 19 December 1996 - 1 January 1997 The information contained in this report was provided by the Office of the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Operational Activities in Liberia UN Agencies, International Organisations and NGOs REPORTING…

Victims cut off from aid New disaster strikes the Great Lakes region Since mid-October, the Great Lakes region has been hit once more by a humanitarian tragedy on the same scale as the disaster two years ago following the genocide in…

DATE=1/1/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-208134 TITLE=ZAIRE REBELS / L BYLINE=JOHN PITMAN DATELINE=GOMA CONTENT= VOICED AT: // EDS -- THIS WAS FED TO THE BUBBLE AS AN "UPDATE." HOWEVER, THE EARLIER TEXT WAS NOT ISSUED // INTRO: IN EASTERN ZAIRE, REBEL LEADER LAURENT KABILA SAYS HIS FORCES HAVE REPULSED…

ABSTRACT The recent history of Zaire presents a unique opportunity to understand and explain humanitarian emergencies. This monograph follows an inductive approach in analysing the trajectory of state-building in Zaire as a significant explanatory variable of humanitarian…

HR/96/79 31 December 1996 HUMAN RIGHTS OBSERVERS IN RWANDA: RETURN OF REFUGEES FROM TANZANIA AND ZAIRE MARKED BY TENSIONS Refugees facing arrests upon repatriation; death threats issued to those attempting to reclaim property Human rights observers from the United Nations Field…

Two main points: - In Eastern Zaire, between 150 etand 200,000 mainly Rwandan refugees are still at risk between Lubutu and Amisi, in northern Kivu. - 475,000 Rwandans refugees have now returned to Rwanda from Tanzania. 3,000 children have been…