Democratic Republic of the Congo
DATE=4/29/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-213596 TITLE=ZAIRE / RICHARDSON (L) BYLINE=DIANE CAHN DATELINE=LUBUMBASHI CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: ZAIREAN PRESIDENT MOBUTU SESE SEKO AND REBEL LEADER LAURENT KABILA HAVE AGREED TO HOLD A FACE TO FACE MEETING, BUT THE SIDES HAVE YET TO AGREE ON A SUITABLE VENUE FOR SUCH…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
KISANGANI, Zaire (Reuter) - U.N. agencies managed to send aid to thousands of Rwandan refugees emerging from hiding in Zaire's forests Tuesday as a refugee agency condemned ''shocking reports'' of the killings of refugees in rebel-held areas. Workers and journalists,…
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 160 d'information sur la region des Grands Lacs (du mardi 29 avril 97) * Les employes des organisations humanitaires et…
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.160 on the Great Lakes (Tuesday 29 April 1997) - Aid workers and journalists, who yesterday discovered over 5,000…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
BUREAU FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE (BHR) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) ZAIRE - Complex Emergency Fact Sheet # 15 Fiscal Year (FY) 1997 April 29, 1997 Note: The last fact sheet was dated April 24, 1997. Background: In mid-October…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
DATE=4/29/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-213541 TITLE=ZAIRE / REBELS (S ONLY) BYLINE=SCOTT STEARNS DATELINE=NAIROBI CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: REBELS IN ZAIRE SAY THEY ARE CLOSING IN ON THE STRATEGIC TOWN OF KIKWIT, ABOUT 400 KILOMETERS FROM THE CAPITAL. V-O-A'S SCOTT STEARNS REPORTS, THE ZAIREAN GOVERNMENT SAYS ITS FORCES STILL…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
EMERGENCY RESPONSE OFFICE 33 Denominations & Communions Working Together to Meet Human Needs SITUATION: Hopes for a settlement in embattled Zaire were raised Tuesday when rebel leader Laurent Kabila announced he had agreed to meet President Mobutu Sese Seko to discuss…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Denial of humanitarian access cannot continue (410) WASHINGTON -- "Denial of humanitarian access cannot continue" for Rwandan refugees in eastern Zaire, the U.S. State Department warned April 25. In a statement released to the press, Spokesman Nicholas Burns said,"The United States renews…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
In reaction to the Zaire Watch News Briefs of 27 April 1997 the following: Our position is, of course, following the rapid developments in the Zaire crisis. Please note that we put the following conditions to the 60 days repatriation…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
UN teams search by land and by air for refugees who disappeared last week from two major encampments south of the central Zairian town of Kisangani following a military operation; report finding some 5,000 refugees. Alliance of Democratic Forces for…
