Rapports

DUBLIN, Ireland (PANA) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and Irish Prime Minister John Bruton on Monday encouraged African countries to strive for a solution to the Great Lakes crisis. Interviewed after holding talks with Bruton, Mugabe said since the conflict was…

The French continue to claim that refugees are being murdered in the thousands by the rebels. Other nations remain sceptical. What is the real French intent here, in an area long dominated by Parisian interests? CHRIS MCGREAL reports from Kinshasa FRANCE…

EASTERN ZAIRE Tingi-Tingi: UNICEF Co-ordinator for Eastern Zaire Afshan Khan and Coordinator for Unaccompanied Children Marie de la Soudière flew to Tingi-Tingi on Sunday 9 March - as part of a UN team to assess the situation in the area. The…

By Jean Bosco Kayiranga GOMA, Mar 11 (IPS) - Patient Kamulete, 29, could not have had a better first name for he needed patience and resilience, he says, to survive in his home town, Goma, before it was…

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org - Zairean rebels said today that they were within ten kilometers of Kisangani - the last government stronghold in northeastern Zaire - and that…

DATE=3/11/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-211262 TITLE=ZAIRE / GOVERNMENT (L) BYLINE=PURNELL MURDOCK DATELINE=KINSHASA CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: ZAIRE HAS CONFIRMED THAT REBELS HAVE CAPTURED THE GOVERNMENT'S LAST STRONGHOLD ON LAKE TANGANYIKA, ALONG ZAIRE'S EASTERN BORDER. BUT V-O-A'S PURNELL MURDOCK IN ZAIRE'S CAPITAL, KINSHASA, REPORTS THE GOVERNMENT DENIES THE REBELS…

Report #24 Contact: Kirk Day (202) 828-0110 While the impending siege of Kisangani captivates international policy makers and members of the media alike, refugees in need of emergency assistance are emerging in larger numbers from the forests of eastern Zaire. To…

We are restoring our presence in east-central Zaire in the wake of the latest developments. Our staff today are taking 12 tons of non food items such as plastic sheeting, jerry cans, blankets and medicines from Kisangani to Ubundu…

The United Nations World Food Program says it has located up to 100-thousand Rwandan Hutu refugees in the remote town of Ubundu in Eastern Zaire. Africa correspondent Ben Wilson reports, the organisation is preparing to send massive shipments of food…

DATE=3/11/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-211281 TITLE=U-S / ZAIRE (S) BYLINE=RON PEMSTEIN DATELINE=STATE DEPARTMENT CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: THE UNITED STATES IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE SITUATION IN ZAIRE BUT IS NOT READY TO SEND A UNITED NATIONS FORCE THERE TO HELP THE CRISIS. RON PEMSTEIN REPORTS FROM THE…