Rapports

(9:42am AEST) President Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire and rebel leader Laurent Kabila have reached an agreement to hold their first direct talks on the future of the Zairean civil war. Ben Wilson reports key details are still being worked out,…

Geneva at 13:15 In his opening remarks Mr. Zacklin said that he had been following with great interest the press coverage of the fifty-third session of the Commission on Human Rights, which had attracted considerable attention. He added that the…

Fears of an upsurge of cholera cases in makeshift camps stall UNHCR plans to begin an airlift of Rwandan refugees from Kisangani to Goma. Large groups of refugees are reported in government-controlled areas in Zaire. UNHCR completes repatriation of some 25,000 refugees…

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.153 on the Great Lakes (Friday 18 April 1997) - In a major operation, the Ugandan army says it…

5:04 PM EDT KISANGANI, Zaire (Reuter) - Hundreds of Zairians stopped aid workers reaching 80,000 Rwandan Hutu refugees on Friday and rebel authorities delayed a refugee airlift because of cholera fears. "The authorities have delayed the operation until further notice," said Paul…

Ed O'Loughlin, Special to The Christian Science Monitor KINSHASA, ZAIRE -- Ecotourists head for the rain forest and adventurers go outward bound. But for those who want to make a study of cynicism, Kinshasa should be holiday destination No. 1. Looted,…

(Excerpt) Issued weekly by the United Nations World Food Programme This report includes: A) Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire and Tanzania B) Uganda C) Kenya D) Angola E) Albania F) Iraq. From P. Ares, Chief, Programming Service. Available on the Internet at WFP Home Page http://www.wfp.org/…

BUREAU FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE (BHR) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) GREAT LAKES - Complex Emergency Situation Report #31 Fiscal Year (FY) 1997 April 18, 1997 Note: The last situation report was dated April 11,1997. Background Sporadic ethnic violence against…

Briefing info now completely outdated by events, so this is a summary of the current position rather than what has been said this morning. UNHCR temporarily halted assistance to the camps in eastern Zaire today after what officers on the…

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 - Zairean rebel leader Laurent Kabila, who arrived in South Africa yesterday to an almost presidential welcome, held closed-door talks in…