Rapports

DN: PESC/97/50 8316/97 (Presse 164) E/50/97 The European Union was encouraged that the change in Government in Kinshasa has taken place without widespread fighting. In this context it recalls the untiring diplomatic efforts of the UN, OAU, African countries and in…

ICRC NEWS 19 Teams of volunteers of the National Red Cross Society collected a total of 228 bodies in and around Kinshasa on Sunday 18 and Monday 19 May. They also evacuated more than a dozen wounded to various hospitals…

Kinshasa operations resume day after takeover ICRC activities in Kinshasa resumed on Sunday, 18 May, one day after the ADFL's takeover of the capital. All of the work done over the weekend was carried out in excellent cooperation with the…

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.179 on the Great Lakes (22 May 1997) - Laurent-Desire Kabila, self-proclaimed president of the Democratic Republic of Congo…

Ghion Hagos, PANA Correspondent ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (PANA) - Africa's leading civil servant, Salim Ahmed Salim, urged African leaders Thursday to learn from the experience of the newly named Democratic Republic of Congo on how they are governed, by whom…

Judith Matloff, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor KINSHASA, CONGO -- By the side of a dusty road in Kinshasa, a tomb has been set up for a man who isn't dead. A…

May 21, 1997 Contact: David Shorr (202) 828-0110 As Laurent Kabila assumes power in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the tendency in capitals around the world is to breathe a sigh of relief that there has been a "soft landing," a peaceful transition…

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.178 on the Great Lakes (21 May 1997) - Laurent-Desire Kabila, self-proclaimed President of the Democratic Republic of 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 178 d'information sur la region des Grands Lacs (du mercredi 21 mai 97) * Laurent-Desire Kabila, le President auto-proclame de…

Assistance to Rwandan refugees arriving in Congo On 8 May a reconnaissance flight organized by the Kinshasa delegation located several thousand Rwandan refugees who had crossed the border to Congo. Two ICRC expatriates based in Brazzaville were immediately dispatched to…