Rapports

BUKAVU, Zaire (Reuter) - Zairean troops pulled back in confusion in eastern Zaire Thursday in the face of a Tutsi rebel advance uprooting nearly 300,000 Rwandan and Burundian refugees. A spokesman for the Tutsis rebels known as Banyamulenge said their forces…

WHAT: Today, a WFP Buffalo aircraft plus an ICRC aircraft evacuated all expatriate aid workers from Uvira. UNHCR gives a figure of 58 passengers. They cannot confirm the names of passengers but indicate that ALL expatriate aid workers were…

(FR) (10/24 statement by Spokesman Nicholas Burns) (180) WASHINGTON -- State Department Spokesman Nicholas Burns on October 24 issued a brief statement deploring the recent fighting in Eastern Zaire and calling on "all parties to cease the violence and defuse the…

Tens of thousands of Rwandan and other refugees are arriving in Bukavu, Zaire. They are fleeing a flare-up of violence to the south. The fighting reportedly pits Zairean troops against partisans in the civil strife that affects the border…

WHAT: About 50 international humanitarian workers -- including three CARE staff -- were released today from Uvira, Zaire, where they had been pinned down by the Zairian army and a hostile crowd. Thanks to direct intervention from Mrs. Sadako…

SG/SM/6093 30 October 1996 The following was issued today by the Spokeswoman for Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali: On 23 October, the Secretary-General met with President Paul Biya of Cameroon in the latter's capacity as current Chairman of the Organization of African Unity. Among…

Eastern Zaire - EIN/GVA/96/21 UNICEF is extremely worried by the rapid deterioration of the situation in eastern Zaire and the consequences this may have on the children: Most of the children have been living in refugee camps since the 1994…

The World Food Programme today warned that intensified armed fighting and the worsening security situation in eastern Zaire has led to a cut-off in humanitarian supplies which could result in a major hunger crisis affecting over one million Rwandan…

Rapid and dramatic changes during the last few days in Kivu province in eastern Zaire have adversely affected ICRC efforts to step up its medical operation for the war-wounded in Uvira hospital. Fighting between the various armed forces has…

A L E R T Great Lakes No 3: ACT prepares to airlift food while Bukavo in Eastern Zaire sees 1,500 new refugees arriving per hour. Tens of thousands of refugees have already reached Bukavu within the last…