Rapports

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE (BHR) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Note: The last fact sheet was dated November 16, 1996. OVERVIEW The Banyamulenge and the Banyarwanda people, who are Tutsi of Rwandan origin, settled in the…

(Excerpt from:) Press Release GA/SHC/3393 (...) RENE DEGNI-SEGUI, the Special Rapporteur for human rights in Rwanda, presented his report (document A/51/657) which addressed the investigation into the genocide of 1994 and the special situation of women and children and the minority group, the…

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 35 in a series of weekly reports from…

This report includes: A) Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire, Tanzania and Uganda B) WFP on the Web From P. Ares, Chief, Programming Service. Available on the Internet at WFP Home Page http://www.wfp.org/ or by e-mail from HicksDeb@wfp.org (fax 39 6 5228 2837).…

American Red Cross Launches Urgent Appeal: Call 1-800-HELP NOW Washington, November 18, 1996 - As hundreds of thousands of refugees stream across the border from Zaire to Rwanda, American Red Cross officials warn that the rapidly evolving emergency is becoming evident on…

Since Friday, an estimated 400 000 of the refugees moving eastwards from camps near Goma, eastern Zaire, to Rwanda have crossed the border to the Rwandan town of Gisenyi, from where they will continue the journey to their home…

CARE MOBILIZES MASSIVE EFFORT TO AID RETURNING REFUGEES November 18, 1996 -- As more refugees continue to trudge back to Rwanda on foot, CARE is boosting its projects along the routes. CARE plans to distribute food in Ruhengeri and Byumba in…

Period covered: 6-18 November 1996 This report has been prepared by the office of the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Sierra Leone 1. At the most recent MNRRR-NGO Consultative Group meeting held on 13 November and attended by representatives from MNRRR,…

1. Operations completed: 1. One (1) airlift of 26.4 MT UNICEF urgent relief items from Copenhagen to Kampala/Uganda by Netherlands Airforce on 3 November 1996. 2. Four (4) airlifts with C-130 (60 MT of High Energy Biscuits) by the Belgium Airforce…

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. 28 on Eastern Zaire (17-18 November 1996) A UNHCR spokesman said that 400,000 refugees had crossed into Rwanda as of this…