Rapports

U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL CARE INTERNATIONAL'S PERSPECTIVE ON THE GREAT LAKES REGION Comments by Marc Lindenberg Senior Vice President for Program CARE USA February 12, 1997 =B0 INTRODUCTION =B0 THE IMMEDIATE CHALLENGES OF THE GREAT LAKES REGIONS AND IMPERATIVES FOR ACTION =B0 LONGER…

High Commissioner Sadako Ogata meets with high=ADlevel government officials in Rwanda, visits returnee sites. More UNHCR staff members return to posts in western Rwanda which they left following last weeks killings in Cyangugu. UN workers attempt to provide emergency relief aid…

DATE=2/11/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-209946 TITLE=LIBERIA PEACEKEEPERS - ALT (L ONLY) (CQ) BYLINE=KYLE KING DATELINE=BONN CONTENT= VOICED AT: /// RE-ISSUING TO CORRECT IN INTRO -- AND TO ELIMINATE IN FIRST LINE OF TEXT -- NUMBER OF TROOPS BEING AIRLIFTED // INTRO: U-S AIR FORCE UNITS BASED IN EUROPE WILL…

BUJUMBURA, Burundi (PANA) - At least 1,500 students from the University of Bujumbura began a one-year military training here Monday. With their heads shaved, they became the first females to undertaken military training in the country's history. This is the second…

From Ghion Hagos ; PANA Staff Correspondent ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Organization of African Unity (OAU) says its joint effort with the United Nations in the Great Lakes region is a "unique opportunity to overcome the formidable challenge…

Burundi officials tell visiting High Commissioner Sadako Ogata the country is stable; propose joint assessment missions to determine which areas are safe to receive returning refugees. UNHCR expatriate staff members resume operations in Rwandan border town of Gisenyi. Some 15,000 Rwandan…

Eleven people have have been killed and 20 others injured after Hutu rebels ambushed a convoy of mini-buses just outside the Rwandan capital, Kigali. As Africa correspondent Ben Wilson reports, it's the third fatal attack carried out by Hutu milita…

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org Fighting continues in eastern Zaire, with the army and rebel forces swapping claims and counter-claims. Increased insecurity and interrupted relief efforts have provoked refugee…

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org - Aid workers and journalists in eastern Zaire are ringing alarm bells about the deteriorating nutritional status of refugees in eastern Zaire, after expatriate…

High Commissioner Sadako Ogata says she has received assurances of support for UNHCR's efforts to provide needed assistance to refugees in eastern Zaire and to open corridors for their return to Rwanda. UNHCR distributes relief to refugees arriving in makeshift camps…