Democratic Republic of the Congo
The ICRC has completed its relief operation for displaced Congolese in the Kivu area under which 150,000 people received food, seed and other basic items, and is now endeavouring to improve the provision of drinking water and medical care. In…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
DAILY HIGHLIGHTS United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Tuesday deplored the radio and television broadcasts in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo which he said falsely accuse the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) of arming…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
SG/SM/6352 AFR/20 The following statement was issued today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan: I deplore the radio and television broadcasts in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo which falsely accuse the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) of…
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. 264 on the Great Lakes (Tuesday, 7 October 97) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Goma quit order applies to…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Briefing Notes 1. GREAT LAKES The situation remains relatively calm in the eastern DRC region, but we are concerned about what appears to be an intensified anti-UNHCR campaign broadcast on radio and local television - this has been particularly noticeable…
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…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees today strongly denounced the expulsion of hundreds of Rwandan refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo. The DRC government has announced it has "repatriated" more than 4,000 Rwandans from its frontier in Goma. Most…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
KINSHASA, Congo (AP-Dow Jones)--The United Nations refugee agency began pulling its staff out of eastern Congo on Monday, three days after being expelled by the Congolese government. 'We're leaving with all deliberate speed,' Pierce Gerety, regional director of operations for the…
Democratic Republic of the Congo + 2 more
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 DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: UNHCR pulls out of Goma UNHCR said it pulled out most of its staff from the Goma area…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Le Haut Commissaire des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés a condamné énergiquement aujourd'hui l'expulsion de centaines de réfugiés rwandais qui se trouvaient dans la République démocratique du Congo. Le gouvernement de la RDC a annoncé le "rapatriement" de plus de 4000…
