Reports

By John Pomfret (c) 1997, The Washington Post KIGALI, Rwanda Rwanda's powerful defense minister, Paul Kagame, has acknowledged for the first time his country's key role in the overthrow of president Mobutu Sese Seko in neighboring Congo, saying that the Rwandan…

The Sudanese government and the rebel movement under Johna Garang are expected to meet in Nairobi today (Tuesday) for their long-stalled peace talks. MOYIGA NDURU SUDAN'S belligerents are expected to meet in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi on Tuesday, July…

reported by Nigel Marsh WV Rwanda Communications officer A new World Vision site has been established to focus on fast-growing projects in and around the capital, Kigali. The new site is in addition to four other such sites, in Byumba,…

From J.-M. Boucher, Chief, Programming Service. Available on the Internet at WFP Home Page http://www.wfp.org/http://www.wfp.org/ by e-mail from :HicksDeb@wfp.org HicksDeb@wfp.org (fax 39 6 5228 2837). For information regarding resources, donors are requested to contact Mr. F. Strippoli (mailto:Strippoli@wfp.org">Strippoli@wfp.org</A>) or Ms. A.…

The authorities in Gabon say at least 365 Rwandan refugees,including 24 children, have arrived in a village called Leconi in the southeastern province of Haut Ogoue. They were accompanied by a small group of other nationalities-a few from Burundi,…

NAIROBI, KENYA (PANA) - Leaders of the Inter-governmental Authority on Drought and Development begin a two-day meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday, to discuss the conflicts in Somalia and Sudan. Also high on the agenda of the forum of the leaders from…

Facing Genocide examines the war waged by the Sudan Government against the Nuba people of South Kordofan. This war of annihilation, ten years old this month, is the most closely-guarded secret in Sudan. The region has been sealed off…

Through 6 July, IOM had provided return and resettlement assistance to 19,238 demobilized soldiers (DS), mainly from NITA, and 32,398 accompanying dependants. Operations have been conducted out of 12 Selection and Demobilization Centres (SDC) with beneficiaries assisted in returning to…

I. Introduction In April, 1994, the president of Rwanda was killed in an airplane crash. During the next four months, Hutu extremists and their followers executed a gruesome, pre-planned genocide and politicide. The minority Tutsi were killed by their neighbors,…

DATE=7/4/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-216661 TITLE=RWANDA / LIBERATION DAY (L-ONLY) BYLINE=DIANNA CAHN DATELINE=KIGALI CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: RWANDANS ARE CELEBRATING LIBERATION DAY TODAY (FRIDAY), MARKING THE DAY WHEN THE RWANDAN PATRIOTIC ARMY CAPTURED THE COUNTRY'S CAPITAL, KIGALI, AND ENDED THE 1994 GENOCIDE. DIANNA CAHN REPORTS FROM…