Rapports

Communication to the press No. 96/35 Geneva (ICRC) - An aircraft of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been held on the ground since 1 November in Wunruk, near Gogrial in the south-western Sudanese region of Bahr-al-Ghazal.…

For official use only SPECIAL REPORTOVERVIEW An FAO Crop Assessment Mission visited Southern Sudan from 11 September to 5 October, 1996 to estimate production of the 1996 sorghum, maize and millet crops and assess the food supply…

OUTBREAK OF MEASLES REPORTED IN MAPEL... Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF)-Belgium has reported a measles outbreak in Mapel, Wau County, with 19 cases reported in the past week, resulting in two deaths. A flight to the location on 4 November delivered…

Background Burundi, a small land-locked country in the Great Lakes region of Central Africa, is bordered by Rwanda to the north, Zaire to the west, and Tanzania to the south and east. About the size of Wales, this small land…

The World Food Programme is shuttling food to an emergency shelter in Kigoma, Tanzania where some 4,600 refugees have arrived since the weekend. Reports given by the newly-arrived refugees indicate that thousands more are on their way to the…

CAPE TOWN (Reuter) - South Africa is willing to scrap a controversial deal to sell arms to Rwanda if Central and East African governments ask it to do so, a senior government minister said Monday. Kader Asmal, chairman of the…

Jennifer Ludden, Special to The Christian Science Monitor KIGALI, RWANDA -- As they swept north along Zaire's border with Rwanda and Burundi last week, Zairean Tutsi rebels known as the Banyamulenge effectively appropriated a small chunk of vast Zaire. But the…

(excerpt) IFEX Communique #5-44 AFRICA The media, specifically radio, did not "provoke" the genocide in Rwanda in 1994, but was part of a larger plan by the government, says a new book by ARTICLE 19. The book, entitled "Broadcasting Genocide: Censorship, Propaganda…

News Service 203/96 AI INDEX: AFR/62/24/96 JOHANNESBURG -- Given the way that weapons have been used in the Great Lakes region of Africa, Amnesty International is calling on the international community to stop and prevent the transfer of weapons and ammunition…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE (BHR) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Note: The last Situation Report was issued July 1, 1996. OVERVIEW The Government of the Republic of Angola (GRA) and representatives of the National Union for…