Rapports

Canada says the sudden movement of thousands of Rwandan refugees from Zaire and Tanzania to their homeland has all but eliminated the need for a multinational mission to Central Africa. Canadian Defence Minister Doug Young says the situation is turning…

REFUGEE/IDP MOVEMENTS IN ZAIRE AND REPATRIATION TO RWANDA: - Since mid-November approximately 600,000 Rwandan refugees have repatriated - approximately 550,000 returned between November 15 and 19. Another 50,000 have returned to Rwanda over the past couple of weeks. (STATE 248841, 12/4) -…

News Service 235/96 AI INDEX: AFR/02/35/96 In a joint statement issued by the Tanzanian Government and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) dated December 1996, the Government of Tanzania states that all Rwandese refugees can now return to their…

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees called Friday on all parties to allow humanitarian agencies full access in eastern Zaire. "Sadly, despite our best efforts, we have not been able to locate substantial numbers of refugees and distressed people out…

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. 49 on eastern Zaire (Thursday 5 December 1996) Despite rumours that Kindu had fallen to the rebels, residents said yesterday it…

This report has been produced to fulfill the information requirements of the UNDHA Geneva Taskforce on Eastern Zaire and the UNDHA mission in the Great Lakes region. The report attempts to fill the gaps resulting from time delays and…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE (BHR) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Fiscal Year (FY) 1997 Note: The last situation report was dated December 3, 1996. Overview The Banyamulenge and the Banyarwanda people, who are Tutsi of Rwandan origin,…

KASINDI, Zaire (Reuter) - Zairian rebels pushed north and west toward towns held by the army Thursday and Ugandan troops patrolled the streets of at least one Zairian town which they seized last week. Travelers arriving in the eastern Zairian town…

Owing to the deteriorating security situation ICRC delegates have evacuated both Kindu and Kisangani, eastern Zaire. In Kisangani, fighting broke out after members of the Zairian armed forces originating in Kivu started looting the town and clashed with local…

Tanzania announces plans to close camps for more than 535,000 Rwandan refugees by the end of the year; registration is expected to begin next week. UNHCR attempts to contain an upsurge of cholera cases in Tanzania's Kigoma region. DEVELOPMENTS TANZANIA 1. The…