Rapports

BUKAVU, Zaire (Reuter) - Hoards of Hutu refugees from Rwanda and Burundi were on the move in eastern Zaire Monday in search of a safe haven from fighting between soldiers and ethnic Tutsi rebels there, humanitarian sources said. The exodus…

KIGALI (Reuter) - Almost a quarter million Rwandan and Burundian Hutu refugees have abandoned all their 12 camps around the Zairean town of Uvira, where the army is battling Tutsi rebels, a U.N. refugee agency spokesman said Monday. Paul Stromberg,…

Action by Churches Together (ACT) A L E R T Great Lakes Region: 250.000 While awaiting last details and revision of appeals (in the magnitude of 1.3 million US dollars) from partners in Great Lakes Region some news relating to unrest…

(Runingo camp remains virtually empty) (180) By Wendy Lubetkin USIA European Correspondent GENEVA -- The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) suspended its activities October 18 in three camps in the Uvira region after reports of alleged infiltration of armed men into Zaire…

ICRC Communication to the press No 96/32 Geneva (ICRC) - South Kivu and the border areas of Zaire are the scene of growing violence, and the current escalation in warlike rhetoric is fuelling hatred, intolerance and a trend towards exclusion.…

ZAIRE Military reports of alleged infiltration of armed men into Zaire from Burundi last night prompted UNHCR staff in the Uvira region to put off activities for today in at least three camps Runingo, Biriba and Kagunga. There was…

Dear Sir \ Madam, International Alert Report: Eastern Zaire As you know the situation in eastern Zaire has worsened considerably over the past month. The attached report from one of our Field Officers demonstrates how explosive the current position is and the…

HR/96/59 Roberto Garreton, the Commission on Human Rights' Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Zaire, began today a new visit to the country. Over the course of the two-week mission he will meet with several officials of…

DATE=10/14/96 TYPE=BACKGROUND REPORT NUMBER=5-34670 TITLE=ZAIRE / ATTACK /REACT BYLINE=WILLLIAM EAGLE DATELINE=WASHINGTON EDITOR= CONTENT= NOT VOICED: INTRO: ON SUNDAY, AN ARMED BAND OF MEN ATTACKED A RWANDAN REFUGEE CAMP IN SOUTH EASTERN ZAIRE -- LEAVING AT LEAST FOUR DEAD AND NINE WOUNDED. A SPOKESMAN FOR THE REFUGEES BLAMES THE…

BUJUMBURA (Reuter) - Nearly 20,000 Hutu refugees from Burundi fled their camp in eastern Zaire Sunday after it was attacked by armed men, aid officials said. The assailants were believed to be Banyamulenge, ethnic Tutsis recently ordered out of Zaire by…