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(FR) (Hutu extremists launch campaign against returns) (420) By Wendy Lubetkin USIA European Correspondent GENEVA -- The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says some 23,000 Rwandan refugees have fled two camps in Tanzania's Karagwe region to avoid repatriation following a campaign by…

TANZANIA We have now established that some 23,000 Rwandan refugees have fled from two camps in Tanzania's Karagwe region: 16,000 from Rubwera and 7,000 from Kagenyi . The departures followed a campaign by extremists who have been going from hut…

(FR) (Amnesty Int'l concerned about UNAVEM III departure) (320) NEW YORK -- Amnesty International (AI) has reiterated a call to the United Nations that the world body make sure that human rights are at the top of its agenda in…

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0510 1. DHA/UNDP Resident Representative in Port Louis reports the passage, in the afternoon of 8 December, of Cyclone Daniella at 50 km off Mauritius' southwestern coast. 2. Highest gusts recorded at one site were 154 km/h, and…

Alan Zarembo, Special to The Christian Science Monitor KIGALI, RWANDA -- Despite the images of rebels and refugees flickering across US TV screens, Rwanda is more stable than it has been in years - for now. To be…

BENACO CAMP, Tanzania (Reuter) - About 15,000 Rwandan refugees have left two camps in northwestern Tanzania, apparently in defiance of a Tanzanian government campaign to repatriate them, a U.N. official said on Monday. Peter Kessler, a spokesman for the United Nations…

ICRC Communication to the press 96/37 Geneva (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is relieved to announce the release, on 8 December 1996, of Maree Worthington, an Australian nurse, John Early, an American pilot, and Mohsin…

Background The present humanitarian drama in eastern Zaire and the urgent need to deliver humanitarian relief to vulnerable populations in the area have rightly if somewhat belatedly attracted the attention of policy-makers in the international community. However, there is a…

Americans urged to help Rwanda during holiday season "This holiday season, CARE will help refugees along the road home and then along the road to peace, stability and health. They have suffered hunger, disease and violence for two and a half…

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