Rapports

DHAGVA - 97/0882 INTRODUCTION 1. Les pluies torrentielles qui sont tombées sur la province orientale et sur Kisangani (Haut-Congo) ont fait monter les rivières à leur plus haut niveau depuis 15 ans. Une grande partie de la capitale provinciale Kisangani est…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE (BHR) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Note: The last situation report was dated December 2, 1997. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO Background In midOctober 1996, fighting broke out in South Kivu, Zaire between…

The Disaster Torrential rains in the oriental province of Kisangani (Haut-Congo) have brought rivers in the region to their highest level in more than thirty five years. Large parts of Kisangani, the provincial capital, are flooded and according to local…

KINSHASA, Congo (PANA) - The government of President Laurent Kabila is to hold a national reconstruction conference starting January 24, 1998 in Kinshasa. The Democratic Republic of Congo's minister of national reconstruction and emergency planning, Etienne-Richard Mbaya, announced here Friday that…

Since the establishment of the refugee camp at Kinkole, near Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of Congo) last July, hundreds of thousands of food rations have been handed out. To ensure that the 30,000 Congolese refugees who show up three times per…

WFP EMERGENCY REPORT Issued weekly by the United Nations World Food Programme This report includes: A) East Africa: Somalia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Sudan and Ethiopia B) Central Africa: Congo/Brazzaville and Democratic Republic of Congo C) Angola D) Afghanistan E)…

DATE=12/19/97 TYPE=BACKGROUND REPORT NUMBER=5-38474 TITLE=YEARENDER: CONGO REPUBLIC '97 BYLINE=PURNELL MURDOCK DATELINE«IDJAN CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: THE REPUBLIC OF CONGO HAS A NEW LEADER -- BUT NOT BY THE NATIONAL ELECTIONS THAT WERE SCHEDULED FOR JULY OF THIS PAST YEAR. FORMER MILITARY RULER DENIS SASSOU-NGUESSO OUSTED…

(New York, December 18, 1997) Political parties, other than the ruling Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo (ADFL), are banned, government agents continue to disperse political meetings and peaceful demonstrations, journalists are frequently detained and ill-treated for their words, and rights defenders…

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for Central and Eastern Africa Tel: +254 2 622123 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon,org IRIN Update on Uvira Zone, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, 18 December 1997 INTRODUCTION Uvira zone, flash point of the…

ICRC NEWS 50 ** SHORT MENU.... DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO: DISPLACED PEOPLE GO HOME ON BARGES: It is on board what look like floating villages plying the waters between Kinshasa and Kisangani that the ICRC has taken home many of…