Rapports

STUTTGART, Germany (Reuter) - Western and African military leaders sought on Saturday to establish how many refugees needed help in Zaire in order to develop military options. Talks between nations interested in contributing to an anticipated military mission resumed on…

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. 37 on eastern Zaire (22-23 November 1996) A statement issued yesterday by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said United…

DONORS IDENTIFY PRIORITIES FOR ACTION TO HELP REFUGEE REINTEGRATION IN CENTRAL AFRICA, CANADIAN MINISTER BOUDRIA SAYS AT CLOSE OF GENEVA MEETING GENEVA - A High-level meeting of donor countries and multilateral agencies concluded today with broad agreement on priority areas…

KAMPALA, Uganda (PANA) - Burundi's President Pierre Buyoya, who met President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda on Friday, is willing to start peace talks with other factions in his troubled country. Buyoya, who visted Museveni, he is also asking the neighbouring countries…

By Mark Dodd KIGOMA, Tanzania, Nov 23 (Reuter) Ethnic Tutsi Zairean rebels are engaged in fresh fighting with local people around Fizi in South Kivu, refugees who fled the fighting by boat to Tanzania said on Saturday. More than 40,000 Zairean…

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 dated November 21, 1996. Overview The Banyamulenge and the Banyarwanda people, who are Tutsi of Rwandan origin, settled in the…

Although several hundred thousand Rwandan refugees have returned to Rwanda during the past week, vast numbers of Zairian displaced, Zairians affected by the conflict, Rwandan refugees and Burundian refugees are still without assistance and protection, and there are only unconfirmed…

The international community's active neglect of the crisis in Central Africa will create an African Bosnia, Oxfam said today. As with Bosnia those countries that could act are finding every excuse to stand back, to commit themselves solely to…

"There's work to be done - The crisis isn't over" November 22 -- Peter Bell, President of CARE USA, spoke from Rwanda today on the Central African crisis after witnessing the trail of returning refugees and visiting villages in northern Rwanda.…

14 - 20 Nov 1996 The information contained in this report was provided by the Office of the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Operational Activities in Liberia UN Agencies, International Organisations and NGOs HIGHLIGHTS A reconnaissance team comprising representatives of…