Democratic Republic of the Congo
(3:00am AEST) The United Nations refugee agency says 55-thousand exhausted Rwandan refugees appear to be moving south from a camp in eastern Zaire. A U-N agency spokesman in Nairobi, Peter Kessler, says the Rwandan Hutus were heading in the direction of…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
(12:07pm AEST) Amnesty International has backed United Nations accusations that Zaire's rebels are killing thousands of Rwandan refugees by starvation. The human rights group says about 80,000 refugees camped near rebel-held Kisangani in eastern Zaire, are severely weakened by starvation, disease and…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Special Report Elements of Laurent Kabila's Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire (ADFL) have apparently killed hundreds of Rwandan refugees south of Kisangani in eastern Zaire. Starting April 20, rebel soldiers surrounded several camps containing over 80,000 refugees. Once…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
DATE=4/23/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-213320 TITLE=U-S / RWANDAN REFUGEES (S-ONLY) BYLINE=RON PEMSTEIN DATELINE=STATE DEPT. CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: THE UNITED STATES IS BLAMING THE REBEL ALLIANCE IN ZAIRE FOR THE LATEST DELAY IN THE RETURN OF 100-THOUSAND REFUGEES FROM ZAIRE TO RWANDA. RON PEMSTEIN REPORTS FROM THE STATE…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
DATE=4/23/97 TYPE=BACKGROUND REPORT NUMBER=5-36241 TITLE=SHABA POL BYLINE=JOHN PITMAN DATELINE=LUBUMBASHI CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: IN ZAIRE'S SOUTHERN SHABA PROVINCE, POLITICS COULD BE CONSIDERED THE REGION'S MOST POPULAR SPORT. IT IS CERTAINLY ITS MOST VOLATILE. SECESSIONIST MOVEMENTS ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE POLITICAL FABRIC -- AS IS ANIMOSITY…
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.156 on the Great Lakes (Wednesday 23 April 1997) - The refugee problem in Kisangani looked set to escalate…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
(Updates with reports refugees fled after military operation) By Matthew Bigg KISANGANI, Zaire, April 23 (Reuter) - The U.N. refugee agency said on Wednesday it was checking reports that 55,000 Rwandan Hutu refugees had fled two camps in rebel-held Zaire after a…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Segun Adeyemi PANA Correspondent BUJUMBURA, Burundi (PANA) - Eight people were reported killed on Tuesday night when an armed gang attacked Rumonge, 70 km south of Bujumbura, on the shores of Lake Tanganyika. According to a Burundi News Agency reporter in…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
4:42 PM EDT LULA, Zaire (Reuter) - Zairian villagers said Wednesday Tutsi-dominated rebels slaughtered many Rwandan Hutu refugees at camps sealed off from aid workers and journalists for three days. But rebel leader Laurent Kabila told Reuters by telephone from Zaire's second…
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 * Le probleme des refugies a Kisangani est pret a s'accroitre davantage dans la mesure ou l'impasse entre les organisations humanitaires et les…
