Rapports

(Excerpt) The OXFAM Emergencies Bulletin The Oxfam Emergencies Bulletin aims to give an overview of Oxfam's current emergency work world-wide, for use in communications work. It appears monthly. For further information, contact Maurice Herson in the Emergencies Department. [ Telephone 01865…

I. HIGHLIGHTS * Armed men in military uniforms rob and threaten UNICEF international staff in their residence in Goma (eastern Zaire); UN agencies are reviewing options for unified response to the serious security incident * Seven-week assessment of health and nutritional situation…

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.171 on the Great Lakes (14 May 1997) - Zairean President Mobutu Sese Seko arrived in the Congolese port…

(3:59am AEST) Three international airlines have cancelled flights to Kinshasa as rebels close in on the Zairean capital. Swissair, Sabena and Air France have diverted their flights to Brazzaville, capital of neighbouring Congo. The rebel forces of Laurent Kabila are threatening to…

(8:49am AEST) Britain and the United States have issued serious warnings to their citizens in Zaire to leave the collapsing country. State Department spokesman Nicholas Burns says its advice is to get out immediately, before things get worse. The British Embassy…

The world is awaiting the outcome of the meetings between Messrs. Mobutu and Kabila aboard the SAS Outeniqua. Some delays have been encountered, but indications are that Messrs. Mandela and Mobutu are in place and that Mr. Kabila is…

(U.S. wants cease-fire and orderly transition) (330) By Jane Morse USIA Diplomatic Correspondent WASHINGTON -- The United States government is "extremely disappointed" that a scheduled second round of talks between rebel alliance leader Laurent Kabila and Zairian President Mobutu Sese Seko did…

(12:59pm AEST) As diplomats continue efforts to arrange a ceasfire in Zaire, the government imposed a curfew in the capital Kinshasa calling on its citizens to prepare to fight against rebels closing in from the east. The government has reinforced military patrols,…

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 171 d'information sur la region des Grands Lacs (du mercredi 14 mai 97) * Le President zairois Mobutu Sese…

Judith Matloff, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor KINSHASA, ZAIRE -- In Zaire, practically nothing works. The phone lines are dysfunctional. Soldiers loot instead of protect. The roads are so bad only four-wheel-drive vehicles can traverse them. But…