Rapports

GOMA, Zaire (Oct 27, 1996 01:25 a.m. EDT) -- Attackers believed to be Rwandan soldiers ambushed a Rwandan refugee camp on Saturday, killing at least four people, wounding hundreds and setting off a stampede of more than 200,000 people. Soldiers…

By Stephen Powell NAIROBI, Oct 27 (Reuter) - A stream of about 200,000 Rwandan refugees fled westwards on Sunday after one of eastern Zaire's biggest camps was reported to have been shelled from Rwanda and several refugees were killed, a…

By William Wallis BUKAVU, Zaire, Oct 27 (Reuter) The Zairean government closed the airport at Goma on Sunday, stranding more than 20 foreign aid workers trying to fly out because of worsening security in eastern Zaire, an aid official said. Michele…

DATE=10/27/96 TYPE=BACKGROUND REPORT NUMBER=5-34800 TITLE=ZAIRE / FIGHTING SUNDAY BYLINE=WILLIAM EAGLE DATELINE=WASHINGTON EDITOR= CONTENTINTRO: FIGHTING CONTINUED OVER THE WEEKEND IN EASTERN ZAIRE -- BETWEEN THE ARMY AND TUTSI REBELS. THE REBELS SAY THE ZAIREAN GOVERNMENT, ETHNIC RIVALS, AND HUTU EXTREMISTS IN RWANDAN REFUGEE CAMPS ARE…

DATE=10/27/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-205190 TITLE=ZAIRE REFUGEE MOVEMENT (L) BYLINE=SONYA LAURENCE GREEN DATELINE=NAIROBI CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: MORE AID WORKERS AND FOREIGN NATIONALS WERE EVACUATED FROM THE EASTERN ZAIREAN TOWNS OF BUKAVU AND GOMA SUNDAY, AS FIGHTING BETWEEN GOVERNMENT SOLDIERS AND ETHNIC TUTSI REBELS CONTINUED. THE FIGHTING…

U N I T E D N A T I O N S Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org This is number 32 in a series of weekly reports from…

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 622123 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org IRIN UPDATE ON SOUTH KIVU - 26 OCTOBER 1996 The information in this report is current as of early this morning (26 October 1996). An…

Update from Situation Report #3 sent earlier today. BUKAVU: At 16:35 on 26/10, WFP successfully evacuated 128 relief staff from Bukavu to Entebbe with its two Buffalo aircraft. The expected time of arrival in Entebbe is 18:10 local time. After a…

This is the third of a daily situation report. GOMA: Closure of northern axis still in effect. Curfew from 18:00 to 06:00 continues. Security situation is worsening. It has been reported that some 200,000 people are moving from Kibumba camp (some 20…

DATE=10/26/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-205179 TITLE=ZAIRE REACT (S ONLY) BYLINE=VICTOR BEATTIE DATELINE=WASHINGTON CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: AN AFRICAN ANALYST FROM GHANA SAYS ECONOMICS, POLITICS AND ETHNIC RIVALRIES HAVE COMBINED TO CREATE THE CLIMATE OF VIOLENCE GRIPPING CENTRAL AFRICA. V-O-A'S VICTOR BEATTIE REPORTS THE ANALYST SAYS HE BELIEVES THE…