Rapports

The following is a quick round-up of news in the Great Lakes since the last summary on 3 December 1996. Military Intervention The Canadian-led multi-national force aims to pull out of the region by 31 December 1996. General Baril is…

BUREAU FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE (BHR) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Note: The last situation report was dated December 17, 1996. Overview The Banyamulenge and the Banyarwanda people, who are Tutsi of Rwandan origin, settled in the Mulenge hills of South Kivu,…

The steady flow of returnees from Tanzania continues. UNHCR has now been allowed to enter the camps of Ngara and Karagwe On the Rwandan side, 200 trucks are constantly on the move to pick up the refugees from the…

News Service 243/96 AI INDEX: AFR 62/30/96 Amnesty International today released new evidence that "campaigns of terror" were being waged by Zairian military forces, militias and rebel forces against refugees and civilians in the South-Kivu region of Zaire at the very…

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org Zaire named a new army chief yesterday as reports mounted of preparations for a counter-offensive against the rebels in eastern Zaire. Zairean television said…

KINSHASA, Zaire (PANA) - Zaire President Mobutu Sese Seko appointed Lt. Gen. Mahele Bokungu Lieko as chief of staff Thursday, in a military leadership change designed to regain territory lost to anti-government forces in the eastern part of the…

(excerpt) Prepared by Central News Thurday Highlights DH/2232 Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali has decided to send to Kinshasa, Zaire his Assistant Secretary-General Ibrahima Fall, Spokesman for the Secretary-General Sylvana Foa said. Mr. Fall, based in Geneva, has been asked to hold discussions with the Zairian…

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org Zaire's President Mobutu, who returned to the country yesterday, said he had come back against medical advice to take personal charge of the situation.…

Zaire's President Mobutu has vowed to rebuild his country during a speech delivered upon his return from a four-month absence for cancer treatment. Mr Mobutu was in the capital, Kinshasa, for the first time since an prostate cancer operation last…