Informes

Eastern Zaire There have been varying accounts of the number and precise location of refugees/displaced people in eastern Zaire. What is clear is that large numbers of people remain in the region in need of assistance. ICRC is extremely concerned about…

GOMA, Zaire(Reuter) - Hundreds of Rwandan refugees arriving in the eastern Zairean town of Goma Tuesday are reporting a large-scale buildup of refugees both to the west and south of the town of Sake, 12 miles to the west,…

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. 40 on Eastern Zaire (26 November 1996) United Nations Regional Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator, Martin Griffiths - returning from Zaire - told…

There is a great, but invisible, humanitarian catastrophe developing in eastern Zaire. Uncertainty continues over numbers and locations of the refugees, but the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) both…

Red Cross Makes In-Roads Into Eastern Zaire, But Thousands of Victims Remain Out of Reach: Call 1 800 HELP NOW Washington, November 26, 1996 - For the first time in almost four weeks, the international Red Cross has returned to…

On 23 November, the ICRC was able to return to Bukavu. However, access to vast numbers of Zairian displaced, Zairians affected by the conflict, Rwandan refugees and Burundian refugees who remain without assistance and protection, has still not been…

WHY ESTIMATES VARY WIDELY How many refugees remain in eastern Zaire? The confusion over the number of Rwandan refugees still in eastern Zaire has been one of several factors undermining assistance plans. Journalists and the American public have expressed incredulity at…

Goma - Some 1,800 Rwandan refugees crossed into Gisenyi from Sake yesterday. Two thirds of the arrivals came from south Kivu =AD=AD the largest to emerge from that region and cross the Goma=ADGisenyi route. The arrivals from Sake yesterday…

Not an official document EASTERN ZAIRE: Although there are many varying accounts of the number and precise location of refugees/IDPs in Eastern Zaire, hundreds of thousands of persons remain in the South and North Kivu area in need of assistance. BUKAVU: WFP continues…

Ed O'Loughlin, Special to The Christian Science Monitor GOMA, ZAIRE -- A week after the massive return of refugees to Rwanda, small groups of desperate humanity continue to file down from the thickly forested volcanoes of northeastern Zaire. The International Committee…