Rapports

SG/A/624 BIO/3048 </b>30 October 1996 Biographical Note Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali has appointed Raymond Chretien, Canada's Ambassador to the United States, as Special Envoy to the Great Lakes region. He will travel to the region in the first days of November and…

(FR) (UNHCR distributes remaining food stocks to preempt looters) (890) By Wendy Lubetkin USIA European Correspondent GENEVA -- Describing the situation in eastern Zaire as "chaotic" and "desperate," the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says it has no knowledge of the…

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 441125 Fax: +254 2 448816 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org The following statement reflects the views of participants from UN agencies and NGOs present at a meeting in Nairobi on 28 and 29 October…

NAIROBI, Kenya (Reuter) - Aid workers sweated on Tuesday to dig latrines and avert disaster at the Mugunga camp in eastern Zaire, where fugitives from war have turned into the world's biggest refugee camp, crammed with about 400,000 people. Aid officials said…

DATE=10/29/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-205287 TITLE=ZAIRE / RWANDA (L-O-CQ) BYLINE=CHRIS TOMLINSON DATELINE=CYANGUGU CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: AFTER ZAIRIAN TROOPS SPORADICALLY SHELLED CYANGUGU, RWANDA, TUESDAY MORNING, RWANDAN TROOPS RETURNED FIRE WITH A HEAVY BARRAGE OF MORTARS AND ROCKETS. CHRIS TOMLINSON IS IN CYANGUGU, AND HAS THIS REPORT. TEXT: WITH BANYAMULENGE REBELS…

DATE=10/29/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-205272 TITLE=U-N / ZAIRE (L) BYLINE=DOUGLAS ROBERTS DATELINE=GENEVA CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: U-N OFFICIALS IN GENEVA ACKNOWLEDGED TUESDAY THEY NOW HAVE ACCESS TO FEWER THAN HALF THE MORE THAN ONE-MILLION REFUGEES IN EASTERN ZAIRE. V-O-A'S DOUGLAS ROBERTS IN GENEVA REPORTS THE U-N HIGH COMMISSIONER…

From Moses Draku; PANA Correspondent KAMPALA, Uganda (PANA) - Hundreds of Zairean refugees have entered Uganda, fleeing the war raging in eastern Zaire. The refugees have been entering Uganda through Ishasha border post but most of them have re-entered Zaire through another…

By Stephen Buckley Fighting in eastern Zaire between armed Tutsis and the Zairian military, as well as recent attacks on refugee camps, appear to have been orchestrated by a Rwandan government weary of a two-year-long crisis at its borders, according…

BUKAVU, Zaire (Reuter) - Zairean and Rwandan forces traded mortar and machinegun fire across their border Tuesday as the U.N. sought satellite photos to help trace hundreds of thousands of Hutu refugees fleeing Tutsi rebels inside Zaire. Reuters reporters and…

Zairian troops in Bukavu are reported to be out of control with widespread looting and violence as consequence. ACT partner offices as well as mission centers are confirmed looted by sources in Bukavu. The same sources also testify that…