Rapports

Note: The last situation report was dated January 2, 1997 Overview The Banyamulenge and the Banyarwanda people, who are Tutsi of Rwandan origin, settled in the Mulenge hills of South Kivu, Zaire, and the Masisi region of North Kivu, Zaire,…

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org IRIN Emergency Update No.76 on the Great Lakes (Friday 10 January 1997) - As of 6 January, donor response to the UN Consolidated Flash Appeal…

From Segun Adeyemi; PANA Correspondent NEW YORK, (PANA) - United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan has recommended the appointment of a special representative for the Great Lakes region. "I have just recommended to the (Security) Council that we should go ahead and…

Report #16 Contact: Kirk Day (202) 828-0110 UNICEF released an appeal January 8 detailing a significant increase in the number of deaths of Rwandan refugee children congregated in camps around Lubutu, Zaire. In the report, UNICEF makes the point…

Security: - According the Ugandan newspaper "The New Vision" of January 8, aid sources and a Rwandan defence spokesman said that up to 50 people, including Rwandan soldiers, civilians and armed infiltrators from Zaire have been killed since Christmas. Meanwhile, Rwandan…

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org IRIN Emergency Update No.75 on the Great Lakes (Thursday 9 January 1997) - President Mobutu Sese Seko arrived in France today. Following his operation for…

HR/97/1 United Nations Human-Rights Observers Told of Tension in Reception of Former Refugees, Welcome Commencement of Trials for Genocide Some 5,460 recent Rwandan returnees were being held in detention throughout Rwanda as of 31 December 1996, according to a 6 January report…

PR/GVA/97/001 UNICEF expressed deep concern, 8 January, at the deteriorating condition of the Rwandan refugees and internally displaced people sheltering in the Lubutu area, 170 kms southeast of Kisangani, in eastern Zaire. Recent reports reveal an alarming increase in…

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org IRIN Emergency Update No.74 on the Great Lakes (Wednesday 8 January 1997) - Following Monday's denial by Paris, of French troops in the eastern town…

On 24 December, a number of serious security incidents occurred in Kindu and Shabunda, mid-way between Kindu and Bukavu, involving threats by armed elements against ICRC staff. In light of this and the generally volatile military and political situation, the…