Rapports

DAILY HIGHLIGHTS The President of the Security Council, Bill Richardson of the United States has reported slight progress on the work of the United Nations investigative team probing alleged past massacres in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Speaking to reporters, Mr.…

Contact Information : Sally Digges (602) 998-3100, Ext. 129 TRAGEDY IN THE CONGO To help the wives and children of two Food for the Hunger staff killed in a plane crash in southeastern Congo last Friday, Food for the Hungry is accepting donations…

The teams of Congolese Red Cross volunteers and ICRC delegates who are helping people displaced by the fighting in the capital, Brazzaville, are not expecting any improvement in the situation with the onset of the rainy season. The need…

Jennifer Ludden, Special to The Christian Science Monitor KINSHASA, CONGO -- During his rebellion, Laurent Kabila spoke repeatedly of not only stamping out the endemic corruption that marred Mobutu Sese Seko's reign, but also tracking down offenders and making them pay…

Jennifer Ludden, Special to The Christian Science Monitor KINSHASA, CONGO -- Four months after Laurent Kabila seized power in this vast decrepit nation, opinion remains divided over whether the reclusive former rebel leader is forging a bold new era or…

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 [The weekly roundup is based on IRIN daily updates and other relevant information from UN agencies, NGOs, governments, donors and the…

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 hebdomadaire est base sur les bulletins quotidiens et des informations pertinentes provenant d'agences de Nations Unies, d'ONG, de gouvernements, de donateurs…

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 GREAT LAKES: Red Cross death toll "staggering" Twenty-eight Red Cross movement workers have been killed in the Great Lakes region in a…

National News Atsu-Koffi Amega, the chief of the UN Human Rights Investigation team, has been denied access to the interior DRC to conduct his investigation, an investigation mandated by the UN Security Council. On September 15, Mr. Amega formally requested…

DAILY HIGHLIGHTS The team sent by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan to investigate allegations of past human rights violations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been told that it cannot go to Mbandaka. According to a UN spokesman, members of…