Rapports

Catherine Bertini, the executive director of the World Food Programme, has appealed for an urgent political solution to the refugee crisis in Eastern Zaire, where hundreds of thousands of Rwandans have sought refuge. At the same time, Bertini warned that the cost…

GENEVA (Reuter) - The United Nations refugee agency is negotiating with Zaire to begin flying home the most vulnerable refugees among more than 200,000 Rwandans still in the country, a senior official said Thursday. These include families headed by women, unaccompanied…

UNICEF Dr. Paul Basikila visits Shabunda, some 150 km west of Bukavu, on 14 and 15 January. ZAIRE/SHABUNDA: A UNICEF mission Dr. Paul Basikila, on his return from Shabunda, reported that some 75,000 refugees were in the region. The refugees,…

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.80 on the Great Lakes (Thursday 16 January 1997) - More Rwandan refugees in eastern Zaire are coming forward to request repatriation.…

Judith Matloff, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor BUNIAKIRI, ZAIRE -- Charles Mutabazi walked out of the Walikale forest on Monday a thriving man, defying reports he was dead or didn't exist. The refugee, along with at least 4,000 other…

KISANGANI: Local authorities informed WFP that national flights east of Kisangani would be canceled today and tomorrow for security reasons. The WFP-chartered Boeing 707 continues to fly to Kisangani with one flight scheduled to Kisangani today and two flights tomorrow. AMISI: Flights from…

1. Great Lakes The High Commissioner is to travel to the Great Lakes region on 6th-15th February. She will be visiting Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda and Zaire for talks with senior government officials. She will be using her visit to…

Tuesday, 14 January 1997: UNICEF has expressed deep concern over the deteriorating condition of Rwandan refugees and internally displaced people sheltering in the Lubutu area, 170 kilometres southeast of Kisangani, in eastern Zaire. Recent reports reveal an alarming increase in…

14 January 1997, Paris. The situation is catastrophic for more than 100 000 Rwandan refugees at Tingi Tingi and Amissi Camps (200km from Kisangani, near Lubut) in Upper Zaire. Most of the refugees walked for weeks following the Banyamulenge…

Judith Matloff, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor KISANGANI, ZAIRE -- On a recent morning in this river town in Zaire, a local businessman decided to fly to the capital, Kinshasa. There were a few problems, however. He couldn't go…