Rapports

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 hebdomadaire d'information sur la region des Grands Lacs (du lundi 28 avril au dimanche 4 mai 97) ZAIRE : LES POURPARLERS…

DATE=5/4/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-213795 TITLE=ZAIRE REACT (S ONLY) BYLINE=VICTOR BEATTIE DATELINE=WASHINGTON CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: A ROUND OF TALKS SUNDAY BETWEEN ZAIRE'S PRESIDENT MOBUTU SESE SEKO AND REBEL LEADER LAURENT KABILA TO END SEVEN MONTHS OF FIGHTING HAS FAILED TO PRODUCE AN AGREEMENT FOR A PEACEFUL TRANSFER…

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 will be based on IRIN daily updates and other relevant information from UN agencies, NGOs, governments, donors and…

HARARE, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Burundi's agriculture and livestock minister, Damase Ntiranyibagira, on Friday in Harare, refuted allegations that his country is aiding Zairean rebels led by Laurent Kabila. Ntiranyibagira told journalists after paying a courtesy call on Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe…

BRAZZAVILLE, Congo (PANA) - Thousands of Malians arrived in Brazzaville's Maya-Maya International Airport on Friday, as they fled Kinshasa, the Zairean capital, from advancing anti-government forces. Police in Brazzaville, capital of neighbouring Congo, said that some 4,000 Malians had arrived on…

Paul Ejime, PANA Correspondent LAGOS, Nigeria (PANA) - The OAU Secretary-General, Salim Ahmed Salim, says parties to the Zairean conflict should seek a negotiated transition rather than military solution to the crisis in the country. We (the OAU) have been saying…

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 - After much confusion over the last two days, the elusive meeting between Zairean rebel leader Laurent-Desire Kabila and President Mobutu…

Talks leading to multiparty elections will not solve Zaire's problems. The only solutions are to be found at a wider, regional level. EDITORIAL THERE is a long-forgotten picture of Uganda's Yoweri Museveni, then still a guerilla leader, shaking hands with then…

TANZANIA: UNHCR is extremely concerned about the persistent refoulements of Rwanda refugees and asylum-seekers by Tanzanian authorities. After the mass repatriation of Rwandan refugees from Tanzania in December 1996, a residual caseload estimated to be between 45,000 and 50,000 remained dispersed…

Note: The last situation report was dated April 25,1997. 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 the Liberation of Congo-Zaire (Alliance) led by Laurent Kabila.…