Informes

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 441125 Fax: +254 2 448816 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org INTRODUCTION During September 1996 a growing number of reports testified to human rights abuses against Zairean Tutsis, known as Banyamulenge, by the army and local…

With a new regional summit on Burundi taking place later this week in Arusha, a succession of high-level visitors have come to Burundi in recent days, searching for a break through in the country's protracted crisis. There are signs…

The Chairman of the Council of State for the Liberia National Transitional Government, Ruth Perry, told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon that she expected a new democratic government to be in place in Liberia by May…

U N I T E D N A T I O N S Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 441125 Fax: +254 2 448816 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org INTRODUCTION During September 1996 a growing number of reports testified to human…

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 441125 Fax: +254 2 448816 Email: irin@dha.unon.org INTRODUCTION During September 1996 a growing number of reports testified to human rights abuses against Zairean Tutsis, known as Banyamulenge, by the army and local…

DATE=10/7/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-204235 TITLE=BURUNDI SANCTIONS (L) BYLINE=SCOTT STEARNS DATELINE=NAIROBI CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: EAST AFRICAN OFFICIALS TUESDAY MEET IN TANZANIA TO DISCUSS THEIR ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AGAINST BURUNDI. V-O-A EAST AFRICA CORRESPONDENT SCOTT STEARNS REPORTS THE MEETING BEGINS AN INTENSE WEEK OF NEGOTIATIONS ON REGIONAL SANCTIONS AGAINST THE…

DIRE SITUATION OF MEDICAL FACILITIES IN EASTERN ZAIRE... A consignment of medical equipment and materials was flown into eastern Zaire today (Sunday) as part of a stepped-up emergency operation by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to assist thousands…

U N I T E D N A T I O N S Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 441125 Fax: +254 2 448816 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org This is number 29 in a series of weekly reports from…

The United Nations World Food Programme this week began distributing packages of bean seed and food to nearly 75,000 vulnerable farming families in Rwanda. WFP is providing more than US$ 1 million of food aid and 50 tons of…

This report includes: A) Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire and Tanzania B) Liberia and Sierra Leone C) Angola D) Afghanistan From P. Ares, Chief, Programming Service. For information regarding resources, donors are requested to contact Mr. F. Strippoli or Mr. M. Crosthwaite, WFP…