Informes

GOMA: Government of Zaire issued a decree imposing the closure of Uganda-Goma road (northern axis) to all commercial and humanitarian traffic. Three camps, with a total population of 517,000, are located on the northern axis. UNHCR recommends reducing all movement to…

A World Food Programme team in Burundi today handed out a one-week food package to 2,500 former Burundian refugees from Uvira, mostly women and children, who have just arrived in Gatumba town, 19 kms west of Bujumbura. WFP expects…

Judith Matloff, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor JOHANNESBURG -- The Great Lakes region of central Africa threatens to become the scene of a humanitarian catastrophe as concerns grow that a long-dreaded regional Hutu-Tutsi conflict may finally happen. The latest power…

Limited relief is reaching refugees in Eastern Zaire Geneva, October 30, (18.00,CET): With fighting around Bukavu involving direct exchanges between Zairian and Rwandan armed forces and the continued insecurity in the Goma area, only very limited assistance has reached needy populations…

At a Glance UNHCR fields more relief workers to provide basic assistance to Rwandan refugees and displaced Zairians packed like sardines at Mugunga camp in a race against time to prevent outbreaks of epidemics. Sporadic exchanges of mortar and machinegun fire…

BURUNDI, RWANDA, TANZANIA, UGANDA & ZAIRE: RWANDAN AND BURUNDIAN REFUGEES emergency appeal no. 01.02/96 situation report no. 9 period covered: 29-30 October 1996 EMERGENCY REPORT - KIVU CRISIS Latest events Goma No changes in the security situation were reported after a new military…

(FR) (Reiterates U.S. efforts to end fighting and aid refugees) (900) By Robert Fullerton USIA Staff Writer WASHINGTON -- The United States "absolutely reject[s]" a charge that it or other Western nations "haven't done enough" to end the fighting between government forces and…

CYANGUGU, Rwanda (Reuter) - Zaire and Rwanda moved closer to war Wednesday with a second day of cross-border artillery exchanges after fighting in eastern Zaire claimed the life of a Roman Catholic archbishop. The Vatican said Wednesday that Archbishop Christophe Munzihirwa…

From Ghion Hagos; PANA Staff Correspondent ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (PANA) A delegation of the Organisation of Africa Unity (OAU), left Addis Ababa on Wednesday for Rwanda and Zaire, in an effort halt the fighting in eastern Zaire. The delegation, headed by…

Red Cross Action The International Red Cross continues to provide assistance to the Rwandan and Burundian refugees and displaced Zairians in the Goma area. Both the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (Federation ) and the International Committee…