Informes

There is no new information about the situation in the Great Lakes today. However this provides the ideal opportunity to recap on the current scenario in the Great Lakes region. Military Intervention A Canadian-led intervention force, likely to total 2,000…

(Excerpt) The Information Service had made available the report of the Secretary-General on the application of Council resolution 1078 (1996) asking the Secretary-General to draw up a concept of a humanitarian operation for the Great Lakes region, she went on.…

KINSHASA -- Torture and arrests are taking place in the capital and massacres are taking place in areas of intense fighting in Zaire in the growing climate of insecurity and lawlessness, Amnesty International's Deputy Secretary General Herve Berger said today…

UNHCR team finds few refugees during a trip to Numbi, where a large refugee concentration had previously been reported. Volcano erupts at a sparsely populated region in north Kivu. More than 550,000 refugees are estimated to have returned to Rwanda. Canadian aircraft…

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. 46 on eastern Zaire (1-2 December 1996) Fears of cross-border assaults between Uganda and Zaire were heightened today after the Zairean…

UNDP has allocated $500,000 to help strengthen the UN Resident Coordinator's ability to work with the Rwandan government and international partners in bridging short term relief activities with plans for longer term development. The funds, already made available, will help…

Military Intervention Reports suggest that a military intervention force, comprising some 2,000 troops and led by Canada, will now be based out of Entebbe. Following a weekend meeting at Stuttgart (23 November), it was agreed that any international response would comprise five…

NAIROBI (Reuter) - Zairean rebels backed by Rwanda have captured the town of Beni and local residents reported looting and raping by Zaire's ragged army as it fled further north, missionary group sources said Monday. "Beni fell on Saturday. Rebels moved…

KINSHASA -- Torture and arrests are taking place in the capital and massacres are taking place in areas of intense fighting in Zaire in the growing climate of insecurity and lawlessness, Amnesty International's Deputy Secretary General Herve Berger said…