Rapports

Resolutions and Recommendations Organized by Synergies Africa in Geneva from 3 - 5 February 1997 with the support of the Republic of Ireland and the Swiss Confederation PLAN I. Statement of objectives II. Introductory remarks III. General recommendations on the conference on peace, security…

Some 40,000 Rwandan refugees fled encampments in the Shabunda area in eastern Zaire today following reports rebels have taken a nearby town. "All the refugee sites in Shabunda are empty,"said Dillah Doumaye, UNHCR's deputy representative in Zaire. "The refugees packed their…

Le 3 fevrier 1997, le President de la Republique, S.E.M. le Major Pierre BUYOYA a participe a ARUSHA (Tanzanie) a une renunion de consultations sur le processus de paix au BURUNDI. Cette presence du Chef de l'Etat en terre tanzaniene…

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org - Zairean military sources told Reuters that Allied Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire (ADFL) rebels had captured the town of Kalemie, 400…

From Segun Adeyemi ; PANA Correspondent NEW YORK, United Nations (PANA) - The United Nations has proposed measures aimed at establishing a credible political framework for elections in Liberia next May. In his latest report on the war-ravaged West African country,…

From Munkeni Lapess ; PANA Correspondent KINSHASA, Zaire (PANA) - Zaire is carrying out a vast conscription exercise aimed at mobilising manpower for the creation of new brigades to beef up its armed forces now battling rebels in the eastern…

*97020402.AAF (Ogata to travel to region, will focus on humanitarian aid) (640) By Wendy Lubetkin USIA European Correspondent GENEVA -- At least 20 Rwandan refugees are dying each day at Tingi-Tingi in eastern Zaire of malnutrition, malaria, cholera, and other causes, according to…

KINSHASA (Reuter) - Zaire's defense ministry acknowledged Tuesday that rebels had taken the lake port of Kalemie in the key mining province of Shaba but said that fighting was continuing elsewhere in the town. "They have now taken the port…

RWANDA: We have just learned that four members of the Human Rights Field Operation in Rwanda were killed in an ambush while driving in two clearly marked United Nations vehicles. The attack took place in Karengera Sector of Cyangugu prefecture…

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org - A Canadian priest, of the order of White Fathers, was killed while conducting a mass in Ruhengeri on Sunday, the same area where…