Rapports

Note: The last situation report was dated May 2, 1997. See related map of Zaire [89 k] ZAIRE Background In mid-October 1996, fighting broke out in South Kivu, Zaire between the Zairian army (FAZ) and the Alliance of Democratic Forces for…

(8:58pm AEST) Zaire's President Mobutu Sese Seko and rebel leader Laurent Kabila have reportedly agreed in principle to hold further peace talks next Wednesday. United Nations sources in Geneva say the meeting would be held on board a South African navy…

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 168 d'information sur la region des Grands Lacs (du vendredi 9 mai 97) * Le President zairois Mobutu Sese…

LUBUMBASHI, Zaire (Reuter) - Zairean rebels rejected on Friday as ''absolute nonsense'' transition steps proposed by a summit of Central African leaders on Thursday and vowed to topple President Mobutu Sese Seko unless he resigned. The rebels also said a…

Musengwa Kayaya, PANA Correspondent LUBUMBASHI, Zaire (PANA) - A U.S. mining company, America Mineral Fields Inc., says it has signed contracts of 21 billion dollars with the rebel Alliance Of Democratic Forces For the Liberation of Congo (Zaire), under which…

07:47:44 GMT Despite the expectation that Sunday's long-awaited direct meeting between President Mobutu and Mr. Kabila would be a move towards easing the plight of the many victims of Zaire's six-month old conflict, the situation is becoming more dramatic by…

HR/97/25 The following statement is issued by the three members of the United Nations Joint Investigative Mission for eastern Zaire: the Special Rapporteur for Zaire, Roberto Garret=A2n (Chile); the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Bacre Waly Ndiaye (Senegal);…

(10:10pm AEST) Zairean rebel leader Laurent Kabila has refused to allow a United Nation's delegation into rebel-held territory to investigate allegations of human rights abuses The delegation -- which includes the U-N special rapporteur on Zaire Roberto Garreton -- said it…

(6:12am AEST) Rival armies in Zaire are locked in battle around the town of Kenge which lies on the main eastern road to the capital, Kinshasa. The rebel headquarters says both sides have suffered heavy casualties over several days of intense…

LIBREVILLE, Gabon (Reuter) - A regional summit between Zaire's President Mobutu Sese Seko and a few of his French-speaking African colleagues ended Thursday with a call for peace in his troubled nation. A statement after the summit called for previous accords…