Rapports

CYANGUGU, Rwanda (Oct 31, 1996 02:30 a.m. EST) - Ethnic conflict in the heart of Africa has edged towards war between Zaire and Rwanda, with no sign of relief for more than a million displaced people. Aid workers in the…

DATE=10/31/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-205382 TITLE=U-N / ZAIRE (S) BYLINE=DOUGLAS ROBERTS DATELINE=GENEVA CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: THE FIGHTING IN EASTERN ZAIRE HAS REACHED THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE BORDER TOWN OF GOMA, PARALYZING HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS FOR THE MORE THAN 700-THOUSAND RWANDAN REFUGEES IN THE AREA. OFFICIALS OF THE…

GOMA: Security situation has worsened in the last hours. Heavy fighting is reported in and around Goma town. The area particularly affected is around the village of Muingi (some 10 km north of Goma). All international staff (107 out of which 5…

A human catastrophe is unfolding in eastern Zaire where over half a million Rwandan and Burundian refugees and Zairians have fled intensive fighting. These people are without protection, food, shelter or water, and may be joined soon by an…

(FR) (Outlines U.S. concerns) (400) WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Agency for International Development issued a statement October 30 outlining U.S. efforts and concerns regarding the humanitarian crisis in Zaire. Following is the text of the USAID statement: (BEGIN TEXT) The United States…

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. 1 on Kivu, Zaire (30 October 1996) Areas around the abandoned site of Kibumba camp, north of Goma, are the scene…

BUKAVU, Zaire (Reuter) - Zaire warned Rwanda it would fight to defend its territory and its vast mineral wealth after the two sides fought a mortar battle across their border. For the first time since ethnic warfare erupted in eastern…

GOMA: Food distribution in Kahindo camp successfully completed on 29/10. Distribution in Katale camp (northern axis) and Mugunga and Lac Vert camps (western axis) is being carried out today 30/10. WFP is implementing airlift operation to establish emergency relief stockpile. First…

The World Food Programme has decided to launch an emergency airlift of relief supplies to Eastern Zaïre. The airlift will begin with a C-130 now in Kampala, Uganda, and will grow in scope in the coming days and weeks…

ICRC News 96/43 Following the evacuation of its remaining delegates from Bukavu on 28 October, the ICRC is now concentrating its activities in the Goma area. At the new Mugunga II camp, where some 200,000 Rwandan refugees have arrived from…