Rapports

At a Glance UNHCR fields more relief workers to provide basic assistance to Rwandan refugees and displaced Zairians packed like sardines at Mugunga camp in a race against time to prevent outbreaks of epidemics. Sporadic exchanges of mortar and machinegun fire…

BURUNDI, RWANDA, TANZANIA, UGANDA & ZAIRE: RWANDAN AND BURUNDIAN REFUGEES emergency appeal no. 01.02/96 situation report no. 9 period covered: 29-30 October 1996 EMERGENCY REPORT - KIVU CRISIS Latest events Goma No changes in the security situation were reported after a new military…

(FR) (Reiterates U.S. efforts to end fighting and aid refugees) (900) By Robert Fullerton USIA Staff Writer WASHINGTON -- The United States "absolutely reject[s]" a charge that it or other Western nations "haven't done enough" to end the fighting between government forces and…

CYANGUGU, Rwanda (Reuter) - Zaire and Rwanda moved closer to war Wednesday with a second day of cross-border artillery exchanges after fighting in eastern Zaire claimed the life of a Roman Catholic archbishop. The Vatican said Wednesday that Archbishop Christophe Munzihirwa…

Red Cross Action The International Red Cross continues to provide assistance to the Rwandan and Burundian refugees and displaced Zairians in the Goma area. Both the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (Federation ) and the International Committee…

SG/A/624 BIO/3048 </b>30 October 1996 Biographical Note Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali has appointed Raymond Chretien, Canada's Ambassador to the United States, as Special Envoy to the Great Lakes region. He will travel to the region in the first days of November and…

(FR) (UNHCR distributes remaining food stocks to preempt looters) (890) By Wendy Lubetkin USIA European Correspondent GENEVA -- Describing the situation in eastern Zaire as "chaotic" and "desperate," the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says it has no knowledge of the…

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 441125 Fax: +254 2 448816 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org The following statement reflects the views of participants from UN agencies and NGOs present at a meeting in Nairobi on 28 and 29 October…

NAIROBI, Kenya (Reuter) - Aid workers sweated on Tuesday to dig latrines and avert disaster at the Mugunga camp in eastern Zaire, where fugitives from war have turned into the world's biggest refugee camp, crammed with about 400,000 people. Aid officials said…

DATE=10/29/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-205287 TITLE=ZAIRE / RWANDA (L-O-CQ) BYLINE=CHRIS TOMLINSON DATELINE=CYANGUGU CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: AFTER ZAIRIAN TROOPS SPORADICALLY SHELLED CYANGUGU, RWANDA, TUESDAY MORNING, RWANDAN TROOPS RETURNED FIRE WITH A HEAVY BARRAGE OF MORTARS AND ROCKETS. CHRIS TOMLINSON IS IN CYANGUGU, AND HAS THIS REPORT. TEXT: WITH BANYAMULENGE REBELS…