Rapports

This is the third of a daily situation report. GOMA: Closure of northern axis still in effect. Curfew from 18:00 to 06:00 continues. Security situation is worsening. It has been reported that some 200,000 people are moving from Kibumba camp (some 20…

DATE=10/26/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-205179 TITLE=ZAIRE REACT (S ONLY) BYLINE=VICTOR BEATTIE DATELINE=WASHINGTON CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: AN AFRICAN ANALYST FROM GHANA SAYS ECONOMICS, POLITICS AND ETHNIC RIVALRIES HAVE COMBINED TO CREATE THE CLIMATE OF VIOLENCE GRIPPING CENTRAL AFRICA. V-O-A'S VICTOR BEATTIE REPORTS THE ANALYST SAYS HE BELIEVES THE…

Geneva, 26 October 1996 Staff and volunteers from the Red Cross Society of the Republic of Zaire are carrying out distributions of food and firewood today in two refugee camps in the South Kivu region of Zaire. Nearly 80,000 refugees,…

The World Food Programme evacuated 128 international aid workers Saturday from the town of Bukavu because of armed clashes raging in eastern Zaïre. The aid workers will be flown to Nairobi, Kenya. Of 128 aid workers evacuated from Bukavu, five are…

(FR) (Calls on 'senior leaders' to meet, use their influence) (810) By Robert Fullerton USIA Staff Writer WASHINGTON -- U.S. officials have "met at the highest level" with the Zairian and Rwandan governments to urge them to instruct militias that "they have…

by Ferdinand Bigumandondera BUJUMBURA, Burundi (PANA) - The 90 days Maj. Pierre Buyoya has spent as Burundian head of state have been marked by daily violence against a background of severe economic sanctions imposed by neighbouring countries to force…

[IRIN Note: IRIN does not usually distribute political statements, but given the current crisis, we feel it is useful for the humanitarian community to be aware of the widest range of information possible. IRIN's distribution of the item of…

Bukavu calm but renewed fighting north of Goma Geneva, October 25, (12.00 am, CET): Bukavu is calm this morning, report aid workers in the Eastern Zairian town. The majority of Hutu refugees from the former camps at Uvira appear to have…

"The crowd swelled with everybody shouting, 'Tutsi! Tutsi!' The young men were responding from the crowd, 'We will kill them! We will kill them!" -- Peter Muriuki, CARE Uvira Logisitc Officer October 25 -- Peter Muriuki, CARE Uvira Logistics Officer, is…

I am deeply saddened that once again you are on the roads fleeing for your lives. I am afraid this terrible situation may not stop immediately, and I would like you to know that we will do everything possible, in…