Democratic Republic of the Congo
DAILY HIGHLIGHTS UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has received written confirmation that his team investigating allegations of massacres in the Democratic Republic of the Congo can proceed to the eastern part of the country to continue its work. Speaking today at a…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
William Wallis reported for Reuter that ADFL forces are now engaged in heavy combat operations in eastern DRC as a result of a significant upsurge in fighting between Tutsi and Hutu in northern and southern Kivu provinces. Wallis reported…
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. 242 on the Great Lakes (Friday 5 September 1997) DRC: UNHCR condemns expulsion of refugees - Soldiers…
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 IRIN: Bulletin quotidien no 242 d'information sur la region des Grands Lacs (du vendredi 5 septembre 1997) [Le bulletin quotidien est base sur…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Top officials at UNHCR are urgently reviewing the basis for the organisation's operation in the Democratic Republic of Congo following yesterday's outrageous expulsion. This was simply the latest in a catalogue of violations of basic humanitarian principles in the Democratic…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
AI INDEX: AFR 02/25/97 Democratic Republic of Congo/Rwanda: Governments should ensure safety of refugees as hundreds are forcibly repatriated The Governments of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda should issue immediate orders to their soldiers not to violate the…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
UNHCR CONDEMNS REFUGEE EXPULSION FROM EX-ZAIRE Soldiers today forcibly expelled Rwandan and Burundi refugees and asylum seekers from the former Zaire in a predawn operation the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees vehemently condemned as a "blatant breach of international…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The repatriation of almost 75,000 Congolese refugees from western Tanzania to South Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has officially commenced, with the first 573 persons arriving home by boat on 2 September. Xinhua News Agency reported…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
A voluntary repatriation program for some 74,000 Congolese refugees in Tanzania started Monday with 573 of them joining the first ferry for the port town of Uvira in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The ferry sailed from Tanzania's Kigoma town at the edge…
