Rapports

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org IRIN Emergency Update No. 111 on the Great Lakes for 28 February 1997 - An unconfirmed number of refugees are reported to be moving out…

NAIROBI, Kenya (Reuter) - Zaire rebels were Friday reported to have seized the strategic town of Kindu and refugees began to flee the biggest camp in eastern Zaire in fear of a rebel attack. Michele Quintaglie, a spokeswoman for the U.N.…

by Lionel Williams, PANA Correspondent JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (PANA) Optimism that the two sides in the eastern Zaire conflict would soon hold peace talks was dampened Friday following reports that the envoy who met President Nelson Mandela over the issue…

The Zaire government is split between three factions -- and talks won't work until all three are represented, reports CHRIS MCGREAL ZAIREAN rebels say the opening of peace talks with the government is being stalled by divisions between President Mobutu Sese…

FRIDAY, 10.00AM: MOBUTU SESE SEKO caused more confusion over peace talks by denouncing his own envoy, who had held a press conference with president Nelson Mandela on Wedneday in which he acknowledged the need to hold talks with the…

Cape Town - The two sides of Zaire's civil war have agreed tentatively to talk for the first time, reports Chris McGreal ZAIRE'S rebel leader, Laurent Kabila, says direct negotiations with the government could soon be possible following his meeting…

PARIS (Reuter) - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Friday he hoped to persuade member states to reconsider sending a multinational force to eastern Zaire in the light of what he called a very serious humanitarian situation. ''I hope with…

Zaire: IRIN Briefing Part IV: Eastern Zaire Who's Who, 28 Feb 1997 Editors Note: The following document was written as a quick and complete reference source to key political players, thus there may be repetition in some of the biographies. A.…

KIGALI, Feb 28 (Reuter) - Rebels said on Friday they were six km (four miles) from the largest refugee camp in eastern Zaire but were delaying an advance for the sake of innocent refugees there. Mwenze Kongoro, minister of justice in…

Issued weekly by the United Nations World Food Programme This is an excerpt of the original WFP report which includes: A) Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire and Tanzania B) Uganda C) Ethiopia/Somalia repatriation D) Liberia and Sierra Leone E) Angola. From P.…