Democratic Republic of the Congo
GENEVA, Sept 3 (Reuter) - United Nations census takers at crowded Rwandan Hutu refugee camps in Zaire faced a boycott by refugees who feared indelible ink used on them for registration might make them sterile or help to identify…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
U N I T E D N A T I O N S Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network PO Box 30218, Nairobi. Tel: +254 2 441125 Fax: +254 2 448816 E-mail: irin@dha.unon.org INTRODUCTION This report describes developments in Masisi, Rutshuru and…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Depuis deux ans, Katia Hosting sillonne sans cesse l'Afrique centrale, et notamment le Zaïre, comme consultante pour l'organisation de défense des droits de l'homme Human Rights Watch. A chacune de mes visites, explique-t-elle, je trouve les villes plus délabrées. Cela…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
U N I T E D N A T I O N S Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 441125 Fax: +254 2 448816 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org INTRODUCTION This week the UNHCR and its humanitarian partners on Idjwi Island…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Correction: IRIN Burundi Refugee Update, 1 August 1996 We apologize for an error in yesterday's Burundi Refugee Update. The new arrivals in Uvira over the last two months total about 15,000, not 50,000 as stated. We are pleased to offer…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Two years after the genocide in Rwanda, Human Rights Watch and FIDH (Federation Internationale des Droits de l'Homme) charge the Zairian government with complicity in the ethnic violence in North Kivu in eastern Zaire, which has forced most of…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Rwanda's Exiles Spread Their Terror EVEN BY Africa's usual standards of strife, the first half of 1996 has been filled with disturbing news. Renewed civil war in Liberia. Worsening violence in Burundi. More fighting among warlords in Somalia, accompanied by deepening…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
U N I T E D N A T I O N S Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: + 254 2 441125 Fax: + 254 2 448816 e-mail: irin@dha.unep.org This is number 16 in a series of…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
United Nations seeks US$ 863,000 for humanitarian assistance to persons displaced in North Kivu province of eastern Zaire and seeks US$ 1,138,563 to enhance its coordination role for humanitarian assistance in the Great Lakes Region New York/ Geneva, 10 July…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Trip to Obtain First-Hand Information on Flight of Refugees,Internally-Displaced Persons In view of the events taking place in the North Kivu province of Zaire -- where thousands of persons have been forced to flee their homes to seek safe havens…
