Rapports

This report prepared by the WFP Great Lakes Regional Cell, Kampala ===============Not an official document===============KINSHASA The 57 international staff members of UN agencies and NGO's evacuated from Kisangani last Saturday were ordered by Zairian Authorities to leave the country within…

KINSHASA (Mar 4, 1997 7:37 p.m. EST) Zaire has ordered the expulsion of 40 U.N. relief workers who withdrew from the eastern city of Kisangani last weekend, saying their departure triggered the alleged slaughter of Rwandan Hutus and displaced Zaireans. A…

(UNHCR appeals for unimpeded access to refugees) (470) By Wendy Lubetkin USIA European Correspondent GENEVA -- Tens of thousands of refugees who fled the rebel advance on Tingi-Tingi are heading deeper into Zaire, forming a 50-kilometer-long column along the road toward Kisangani. The…

Rebel forces in Zaire advancing towards the north-eastern strategic town of Kisangani say they will only stop fighting if President Mobutu resigns. Tens of thousands of Rwandan refugees are fleeing ahead of the rebel advance towards Kisangani, Zaire's third largest town. The…

CARE helps communities repair the damage Contact: In U.S.: Lisa Swenarski/Erin Burns, (404) 681-2552, ext. 206/117 In Zaire: Jack Myer, satellite phone 011-873-683-020-255 Atlanta, March 4, 1997 -- After playing host to hundreds of thousands of Rwandan refugees for…

COMMUNIQUE DU GOUVERNEMENT Un ordre de quitter le Territorie Zairois vient d'etre pris a l'encontre de 40 agents des organismes humanitaires du systeme des Nations Unies charges de l'action humanitaire a l'Est du Zaire ce mardi 04 mars 1997.…

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org - About 300 Rwandan refugees arrived today in Kisangani, and are staying in the General Hospital compound. The refugees are reportedly women and children…

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org Subject: Great Lakes: IRIN Update 113 for 3 Mar 1997 97.3.3 Rebel leader Laurent-Desire Kabila claimed in Goma, eastern Zaire, yesterday that his troops had…

Report #23 Contact: Kirk Day (202) 828-0110 Refugees in eastern Zaire have once again been cut off from life-saving assistance by fighting between Zairian government troops and rebel forces. Weakened from their earlier journeys and the lack of adequate aid to the…

(Excerpt) 1. ZAIRE (see also Great Lakes Crisis) Thousands of refugees are on the road halfway between Kisangani and Tingi Tingi. The head of the 50 km long column of refugees was about 100 kms from Kisangani, which is located…