Democratic Republic of the Congo
DATE=10/23/97 TYPE=BACKGROUND REPORT NUMBER=5-37860 TITLE=CONGO / HUMAN RIGHTS BYLINE=ALEX BELIDA DATELINE=KINSHASA CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: U-S ENVOY BILL RICHARDSON IS EXPECTED IN KINSHASA SHORTLY (EDS: EXPECTED FRIDAY). HIS MISSION: TO PRESS CONGOLESE AUTHORITIES INTO ALLOWING U-N HUMAN RIGHTS INVESTIGATORS TO PROBE ALLEGED MASSACRES IN THE EAST OF…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) (formerly Zaïre) Since the fall of the Mobutu regime and the installation of the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaïre (ADFL) as the government, security in most of the newly renamed Democratic Republic…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
(Richardson to begin major mission to Central Africa) (1320) By Judy Aita USIA United Nations Correspondent UNITED NATIONS -- As Ambassador Bill Richardson prepared to leave on a special five-day mission to Africa, the chief U.S. envoy to the United Nations said…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
(Describes setup of special Congo Working Group) (740) By Jim Fisher-Thompson USIA Staff Writer WASHINGTON -- David Miller, executive director of the Corporate Council on Africa (CCA), took time off from leading a recent (September 6-17) trade mission to Angola and Namibia to…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Laurent Kabila is playing tough with the UN massacre investigators -- but the truth is that the eastern part of the country remains under the control of Rwandan militias who were probably responsible for the atrocities. CHRIS MCGREAL LAURENT KABILA, president…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
DATE=10/21/97 TYPE=BACKGROUND REPORT NUMBER=5-37839 TITLE=KABILA / REPORT CARD BYLINE=PURNELL MURDOCK DATELINE«IDJAN CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: IT HAS BEEN FIVE-MONTHS SINCE LAURENT KABILA AND HIS REBEL ALLIANCE OUSTED LONG-TIME ZAIREAN PRESIDENT MOBUTU SESE SEKO, WHO CRITICS SAY RUINED ZAIRE THROUGH MORE THAN 30-YEARS OF CORRUPTION AND…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for the Great Lakes Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org IRIN Emergency Update No. 273 on the Great Lakes (Saturday-Monday, 18-20 October 1997) CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE: 10,000 dead in civil war, Sassou Nguesso says General Denis…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
NATIONS UNIES Departement des Affaires Humanitaires / IRIN Tel: +254 2 622 147 Fax: +254 2 622 129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org [Le bulletin quotidien est base sur des informations pertinentes provenant d'agences de Nations Unies, d'ONG, de gouvernements, de donateurs et des medias. IRIN publie…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for the Great Lakes Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org IRIN Emergency Update No. 272 on the Great Lakes (Friday, 17 October 1997) CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE: OAU calls for foreign forces to withdraw OAU Secretary…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
NATIONS UNIES Departement des Affaires Humanitaires / IRIN Tel: +254 2 622 147 Fax: +254 2 622 129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org [Le bulletin quotidien est base sur des informations pertinentes provenant d'agences de Nations Unies, d'ONG, de gouvernements, de donateurs et des medias. IRIN publie…
