Rapports

RWANDA: Following the killing of five members of the Human Rights Field Operation in Rwanda, all United Nations activities in the western prefectures of Cyangugu, Kiyuye, Gisenyi and Ruhengiri are restricted to those directly related to humanitarian or emergency relief operations…

Current Situation Zaire: In Rwanda, the level of violence is increasing daily with yesterday's killing of 5 UN personnel near Cyangugu. It is clear that expatriates are being targeted for attacks and six have been killed in the last three…

DATE=2/9/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-209878 TITLE=ZAIRE REACT (S ONLY) BYLINE=VICTOR BEATTIE DATELINE=WASHINGTON CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: A GHANAIAN EDUCATOR TEACHING AT WASHINGTON'S AMERICAN UNIVERSITY DOUBTS THE ZAIREAN GOVERNMENT CAN OVERCOME THE BATTLEFIELD SUCCESSES OF TUTSI-LED REBELS. V-O-A'S VICTOR BEATTIE REPORTS GEORGE AYITTEH SAYS LACKING MILITARY SUCCESSES, THE ZAIREAN GOVERNMENT…

DATE=2/9/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-209863 TITLE=ZAIRE/OGATA (L) BYLINE=SCOTT STEARNS DATELINE=NAIROBI CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: ZAIRE HAS AGREED TO GIVE THE UNITED NATIONS MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY IN CARING FOR HUNDREDS-OF-THOUSANDS OF RWANDAN REFUGEES. AS SCOTT STEARNS REPORTS, REBELS ARE REPORTEDLY CLOSING-IN ON THE REFUGEE CAMPS IN EASTERN ZAIRE. TEXT: U-N…

NAIROBI, Kenya (PANA) - President Daniel Arap Moi of Kenya has called for an immediate stop to the supply of weaponry to the combatants in eastern Zaire, saying the conflict would escalate and engulf the entire Great Lakes Region. Moi…

From Segun Adeyemi ; PANA Correspondent UNITED NATIONS, New York (PANA) - The UN Security Council has expressed support for the newly-appointed joint special representative of the UN and the Organisation of African Unity to the Great Lakes region of…

*97020704.AAF (Thousands flee as fighting intensifies) (310) By Wendy Lubetkin USIA European Correspondent GENEVA -- The intensified fighting in eastern Zaire has again placed tens of thousands of Rwandan refugees beyond the reach of the aid organizations who are trying to assist them. The…

This is an excerpt of the original report which includes: A) Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire and Tanzania B) Uganda C) Liberia and Sierra Leone D) Tajikistan E) Former Yugoslavia. From P. Ares, Chief, Programming Service. Available on the Internet at WFP Home…

High Commissioner Sadako Ogata begins talks with Zairian officials in Kinshasa on the first leg of a 10-day trip to the Great Lakes region in a bid to ease the plight of refugees caught in conflicts. Aid workers withdraw from…

Note: The last situation report was dated January 31, 1997. Overview The Banyamulenge and the Banyarwanda people, who are Tutsi of Rwandan origin, settled in the Mulenge hills of South Kivu, Zaire, and the Masisi region of North Kivu, Zaire, more…