Democratic Republic of the Congo
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. 35 on Eastern Zaire (Thursday 21 November 1996) The International Committee of the Red Cross today announced a massive new tracing…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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. 34 on Eastern Zaire (20-21 November 1996) Journalists and aid officials managed to cross into Bukavu, eastern Zaire, yesterday, after having…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The emergency in Eastern Zaire and its political and logistical ramifications continue unabated despite a recent lull in media coverage in the UK and Ireland . This lull it seems largely stems from the notion that the emergency is over…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Wheaton, IL -- As the first refugees from eastern Zaire begin flowing into Rwanda's capital Kigali, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has asked World Relief to help those returning to several sections of the city. "We're…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
AI INDEX: AFR 16/35/95 Refugees forced by Tutsi-led armed groups in eastern Zaire to return to Burundi are in danger of further atrocities, Amnesty International said today, as it called on United Nations member states to ensure their safety. The human…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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 20, 1996. Overview The Banyamulenge and the Banyarwanda people, who are Tutsi of Rwandan origin, settled in the…
Burundi
On November 21, members of the United Nations Human Rights Field Operation in Burundi (HRFOB) visited Cibitoke province where they learned for the first time of a massacre of returnees which occurred last month. The human rights observers spoke to people…
Rwanda
From Ghion Hagos; PANA Staff Correspondent ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (PANA) Organisation of Africa Unity Secretary-General Salim Ahmed Salim appealed Thursday for international help for the resettlement and rehabilitation of the hundreds of thousands of Rwandan refugees returning home. He said help…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
COMMUNIQUE DE PRESSE (2/211196) Kinshasa, le 21 novembre 1996 La Belgique poursuit son aide à la population zaïroise affectée par les événements graves qui se sont produits dans l'Est du Zaïre. Après les deux vols effectués le 17 novembre et ayant transporté…
