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DAKAR, Senegal (PANA) - UNESCO director-general Federico Mayor has called for an end to fighting between the Banyamurenge (Zairean Tutsis of Rwandan origin) and the Zairean army in eastern Zaire. "Words will never be strong enough to express the feeling…

U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing Friday, November 1, 1996 Briefer: Nicholas Burns QUESTION: Can you bring us up to date on the situation on the Rwanda-Zaire border? MR. BURNS: Yes, as best as we can. It's a terribly…

For further information please contact Justin Forsyth or Quynh Tran at (202)783-3331. Oxfam International Position Paper The Crisis in Eastern Zaire Background A human catastrophe is unfolding in eastern Zaire where up to a million Rwandan and Burundian refugees and Zairians have fled intensive…

A million Rwandan refugees in eastern Zaire are now without international protection and assistance as a result of the withdrawal of all humanitarian NGOs and UN agencies from Goma. Will the international community come to their aid in time…

(excerpt) IFEX Communique #5-44 AFRICA The media, specifically radio, did not "provoke" the genocide in Rwanda in 1994, but was part of a larger plan by the government, says a new book by ARTICLE 19. The book, entitled "Broadcasting Genocide: Censorship, Propaganda…

At a Glance High Commissioner, in interviews with major television networks, urges Zaire and Rwanda to secure humanitarian return corridors for 1.2 million Rwandan and Burundi refugees in eastern Zaire from where they are to their home communes in…

News Service 203/96 AI INDEX: AFR/62/24/96 JOHANNESBURG -- Given the way that weapons have been used in the Great Lakes region of Africa, Amnesty International is calling on the international community to stop and prevent the transfer of weapons and ammunition…

Background The latest developments in the unfolding drama in the Great Lakes region point toward the bleakest scenario of all: widespread conflict in a region which is home to more than one million refugees. Enormous population movements have already been…

BUJUMBURA (Reuter) - The leader of rebel forces in eastern Zaire said he was calling a three-week unilateral ceasefire (starting at 1500 GMT Monday) to allow refugees to leave for home. But Laurent Kabila, head of the Alliance of Democratic Forces…

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org From today, IRIN will try to provide twice-daily updates on the evolving situation in Eastern Zaire. Feedback is welcome. IRIN Emergency Update No. 5 on…