Democratic Republic of the Congo
BUREAU FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE (BHR) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) ZAIRE - Complex Emergency Note: The last fact sheet was dated April 15, 1997. Background: In mid-October 1996, fighting broke out in South Kivu, Zaire between the Zairian army…
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 - Zairean rebel leader Laurent Kabila, who arrived in South Africa yesterday to an almost presidential welcome, held closed-door talks in…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
DATE=4/17/97 TYPE=NEWS FEATURE NUMBER=5-36193 TITLE=LUBUMBASHI SITREP BYLINE=JOHN PITMAN DATELINE=LUBUMBASHI CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: ONE WEEK AGO, REBEL SOLDIERS FOUGHT THEIR WAY INTO ZAIRE'S SECOND LARGEST CITY, LUBUMBASHI, AND CAPTURED IT FROM GOVERNMENT FORCES. IN THE WEEK SINCE THE REBELS' ARRIVAL, LIFE FOR MANY RESIDENTS HAS RESUMED…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Approximately 1,500 displaced Zaireans have been successfully airlifted to Goma on United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and World Food Programme (WFP) outbound flights from Kisangani. The Rwandan government (GOR) has publicly opposed plans by the UNHCR to repatriate…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
ICRC air bridge for internally displaced In the afternoon of Tuesday, 15 April, an ICRC-chartered Hercules C-130 took off on its first flight from Goma to Kisangani, some 700 kilometres to the north-east. It returned in the early evening, carrying…
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 152 d'informations sur la region des Grands Lacs (du jeudi 17 avril 97). * Le chef des rebelles zairois,…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
UN envoy Ambassador Sahnoun has indicated that preparations are moving forward for a face-to-face meeting between Kinshasa's President Mobutu and ADFL leader Kabila. Mr. Sahnoun has said "The outcome we have (is) the agreement in principle by the two parties…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
DATE=4/17/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER"13021- TITLE=ZAIRE REBELS MONEY (S) BYLINE=JOHN PITMAN DATELINE=LUBUMBASHI CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: REBEL OFFICIALS IN SHABA PROVINCE HAVE JOINED MOST OF THE REST OF THE COUNTRY IN REJECTING LARGE DENOMINATION BANK NOTES PRINTED BY THEGOVERNMENT IN KINSHASA. MOST OF THOSE ZAIREAN PROVINCES REJECTED THE…
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 151 d'informations sur la region des Grands Lacs (du mercredi 16 avril 97). * Les dirigeants regionaux, a la…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The ICRC has started airlifting some 15,000 displaced Zairians now in Kisangani back to the Goma and Bukavu region. On Tuesday 15 April, a Hercules C-130 made a first flight to Bukavu with 105 people on board. A B-727…
