Rapports

Judith Matloff, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor JOHANNESBURG -- As rebellion continues to unsettle Central Africa, Angolan rebel chief Jonas Savimbi and Zairean President Mobutu Sese Seko are clinging together in a desperate last stand as the war…

DATE=3/14/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-211469 TITLE=U-N / ZAIRE (L ONLY) BYLINE=DOUGLAS ROBERTS DATELINE=GENEVA CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: THE U-N'S WORLD FOOD PROGRAM IS LAUNCHING A NEW AIRLIFT TO EASTERN ZAIRE, IN A BID TO GET NEEDED SUPPLIES TO UPWARDS OF 100-THOUSAND RWANDAN REFUGEES SOUTH OF THE REGIONAL CAPITAL,…

Gail Russell Chaddock, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor PARIS -- As rebels converge on Kisangani, the capital of northeast Zaire, France and the United States are facing off for a second time over what is to be…

Johannesburg - Rebels are advancing on Zaire's third- largest city but sceptics in the West are resisting France's calls for an intervention force, writes Chris McGreal FRANCE is pursuing a lonely campaign to revive plans for an international force in…

This is an excerpt of the original WFP report which includes: A) Albania B) Democratic People's Republic of Korea C) Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire and Tanzania D) Uganda E) Ethiopia F) Angola. PART I - HIGHLIGHTS (Details below in Part II) C.…

(extract) Allied or conflicting interests and political agendas amongst the Sudanese government and Sudanese rebels, Ugandan government and Ugandan rebels, Zaïrean government and Zaïrean rebels, Rwandan government and ex-Rwandan government and Interahamwe, Burundian government and Burundian opposition, make an environment of…

NEW YORK, 14 March 1997 (Department of Humanitarian Affairs)-- The Emergency Relief Coordinator, Under-Secretary-General Yasushi Akashi, announced the appointment of Mr. Pierce Gerety as Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Great Lakes Region. Mr. Gerety, a United States national, succeeds Mr.…

(New York, March 14, 1997) Human Rights Watch today called upon Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Chair of the EU Presidency and Dutch Foreign Minister H.A.F.M.O. van Mierlo, Secretary-General Kofi Annan, U.N. and OAU Special Envoy Ambassador Mahmoud Sahnoun, and…

France has launched a fresh attempt to persuade its European Union partners to support an international intervention in Zaire. Senior foreign ministry officials from the 15 EU states met in Brussels to discuss the humanitarian crisis in eastern Zaire and French…

DATE=3/14/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-211448 TITLE=ZAIRE UNREST (L) BYLINE=SCOTT STEARNS DATELINE=MUSENGE CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: REPORTERS COVERING THE CIVIL WAR IN EASTERN ZAIRE HAVE ENCOUNTERED A FIELD OF DEATH NEAR THE BORDER WITH RWANDA. RED CROSS OFFICIALS ON LOCATION SAY ZAIRIAN REBELS KILLED RWANDAN REFUGEES TRYING TO RETURN…