Rapports

By Wendy Lubetkin USIA Staff Writer GENEVA -- The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says it hopes to begin airlifting Rwandan refugees from Kisangani to Goma, beginning April 17 with a group of about 80 unaccompanied children. "The next day we…

(Also urges permanent cease-fire) (230) By Charles W. Corey USIA Staff Writer WASHINGTON -- The United States urges representatives of the Zairian government and the rebel alliance "to go to South Africa and negotiate away their differences," U.S. State Department Spokesman Nicholas…

(Excerpt) AFTERNOON HR/CN/97/49 .... In a resolution on Zaire, the Commission expressed its concern at continuing violations of human rights; called upon the Government to put an end to the impunity of those responsible; called upon it and other parties to accept with immediate…

KINSHASA, Zaire (Reuter) - Paramilitary security forces in Zaire's capital blocked off main roads leading to campuses on Tuesday after students skipped classes as part of a campaign to oust veteran President Mobutu Sese Seko. Witnesses said most shops and…

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 149 d'informations sur la region des Grands Lacs (du samedi 12 au lundi 14 avril 97). * La tension…

KINSHASA, Zaire (Reuter) - Opponents of embattled President Mobutu Sese Seko crippled Zaire's capital Kinshasa on Monday with a stay-at-home strike called by opponents of President Mobutu Sese Seko, witnesses said. On the war front, rebels who ended a three-day pause…

Judith Matloff, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor KINSHASA, ZAIRE, AND JOHANNESBURG -- Zaire's capital, Kinshasa, is braced for a week of confrontation as President Mobutu Sese Seko faces pressure from all sides. The opposition has called for a…

(7:06am AEST) The capital of Zaire is tense ahead of two days of protest planned by opposition groups demanding the resignation of President Mobutu Sese Seko. As Africa correspondent Ben Wilson reports from Kinshasa, rebel leader Laurent Kabila has announced he…

(0:17am AEST) Zaire's rebel leader, Laurent Kabila, is prepared to give fresh impetus to peace talks with the authorities in the capital, Kinshasa. The rebels top foreign affairs official, Bizima Karaha, says Kabila will soon travel, probably to South Africa, to boost…

DATE=4/14/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-212852 TITLE=ZAIRE REFUGEES/CHOLERA (L-ONLY) BYLINE=SONYA LAURENCE GREEN DATELINE=NAIROBI CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: THE UNITED NATIONS REFUGEE AGENCY HAS PLAYED DOWN RECENT REPORTS OF A CHOLERA EPIDEMIC AMONG REFUGEES IN EASTERN ZAIRE. THE U-N-H-C-R SAYS THE DISEASE OUTBREAK SHOULD NOT HINDER A MASSIVE REPATRIATION EFFORT…