Reports

American Red Cross Launches Urgent Appeal: Call 1-800-HELP NOW Washington, November 18, 1996 - As hundreds of thousands of refugees stream across the border from Zaire to Rwanda, American Red Cross officials warn that the rapidly evolving emergency is becoming evident on…

Press Release SG/2029 IHA/609 Inter-Agency Flash Appeal for Great Lakes Region Covers Three-Month Period, 1 November 1996-31 January 1997 NEW YORK, 18 November (Department of Humanitarian Affairs) -- Secretary- General Boutros Boutros-Ghali today appealed to governments to provide $259.3 million for urgently needed humanitarian…

SG/SM/6109 IHA/610 18 November 1996 Following is the Statement of Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali on the launch of the United Nations Consolidated Inter-Agency Flash Appeal for the Great Lakes region in response to the crisis in eastern Zaire, in New York,…

Refugees Are Malnourished, Fatigued, Suffering from Exposure November 17, 1996. Minneapolis -- The American Refugee Committee is establishing and operating 31 emergency assistance centers to assist repatriating Rwandan refugees, many of whom are in poor health following three weeks of life-threatening…

AI IDEX: AFR 02/25/96 News Service 218/96 KIGALI -- In the context of the rapidly evolving human tragedy in eastern Zaire, an Amnesty International delegation currently in Kigali and led by the organization~s Secretary General Pierre Sane called on the international…

Press release for use of information media Not an official record IFAD/96/54 Proposed by the Italian Government on the occasion of the World Food Summit THREE ROME-BASED UN AGENCIES SIGN A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON A NEW FOOD SECURITY PROJECT IN…

Christian Solidarity International, a Swiss based organization, redeemed 58 slaves near the village of Manyiel in the province of Bahr El Ghazal (Sudan) on October 29. Most of the enslaved women and children had been captured during raids conducted by…

CONTENTS 1.Chronology 2.Sudanese churches state their stand 3.Peace Caravan to Sudan 1.Chronology October 16: Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni today launched a broad attack on his Sudanese counterpart Omar al-Bashir accusing him of failing to honour peace efforts and warning of possible conflict. Museveni…

MOGADISHU, Nov 12 (Reuter) - Five people including three children were killed and 12 wounded on Tuesday in clashes between rival factions in southern Mogadishu where mortar bombs slammed into civilian areas. More than 20 mortar bombs fired by both sides…

BUJUMBURA, Burundi (PANA) - A meeting which was to be attended by parties to the dispute in Burundi initially scheduled for Thursday in Arusha, Tanzania, at the initiative of former Tanzanian president Julius Nyerere, has been postponed indefinitely, a government…