Rapports

Red Cross Says Access to Victims in Eastern Zaire Crucial if Lives Are to Be Saved: WASHINGTON, December 2, 1996 - Amid growing indications that the large numbers of Zairians, Rwandans and Burundians still unaccounted for in Eastern Zaire…

Vast numbers of Zairian displaced, Zairians affected by the conflict, Rwandan refugees and Burundian refugees remain without protection and assistance in eastern Zaire, and there are increasing indications that these groups are in very serious need of assistance. The fact…

SG/SM/6117 Following is the text of a statement by Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali on the signing of the Peace Agreement by the Government of Sierra Leone and the Revolutionary United Front in Abidjan on 30 November: I am pleased that…

GOMA, Zaire (Reuter) - The Zairean government and rebels in the far east of the country between them rejected most of the ideas for a multinational military force set up to help refugees in eastern Zaire. After talks in Kinshasa…

From Ghion Hagos ; PANA Staff Correspondent ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Secretary-General of the Organisation of African Unity, Salim Ahmed Salim, held discussions Friday, with Zairian president Mobutu Sese Seko on "promoting lasting peace, security and stability" in…

U N I T E D N A T I O N S Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org This is number 37 in a series of weekly reports from…

GOMA, Zaire (Reuter) - War-torn Central Africa lurched toward fresh conflicts Sunday with regional giants Zaire and Uganda threatening reprisals against each other while renewed fighting in Burundi sent thousands fleeing to safety. In the Zairean capital Kinshasa, information minister Boguo…

By Buchizya Mseteka NAIROBI, Dec 1 (Reuter) - Burundi's main Hutu rebel group said on Sunday its forces were engaging army positions in five main regions of the central African nation and fierce fighting was sending thousands of refugees streaming…

ABIDJAN, Cote D'Ivoire (PANA) - Sierra Leonian president Ahmad Tejan Kabbah and the head of the rebel Revolutionary United Front, Foday Sankoh, concluded a peace accord Saturday in Abidjan. The accord, which should end more than five years of war…

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. 45 on Eastern Zaire (30 November 1996) The Ugandan army has attacked eastern Zaire and captured Kasindi and Virunga Hills, 10km…