Angola
22 Oct. - 4 Nov.1996 The information contained in this report was provided by the United Nations Humanitarian Assistance Coordination Unit in Luanda (UCAH) The Technical Working Group on Demobilisation and Reintegration is carrying out an analysis of the initial phase…
Rwanda
A group of over 100 international relief workers, including five World Food Programme staff, and several journalists, crossed safely from Goma, Zaïre, into Rwanda today (Saturday) after being trapped in the crossfire since Tuesday. "They are all across!" came the announcement…
Sudan
The following is the sixth in a series of updates prepared by the UNDP Emergencies Unit for Ethiopia (UNDP/EUE) on the general situation in the countries of the Horn of Africa. Updates cover events in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya,…
Zambia
From Musengwa Kayaya; PANA Staff Correspondent LUSAKA, Zambia (PANA) - An estimated 1,000 Rwandan refugees have entered Zambia since last September after fleeing their camps in eastern Zaire in the wake of fighting in the area between Rwandese ethnic Tutsis…
Rwanda
(U.S. supports meeting, again calls for cease-fire) (740) By Charles W. Corey USIA Staff Writer WASHINGTON -- The Kenyan government has called for an international conference -- backed by the United Nations -- to convene November 5 in Nairobi to discuss the…
Burundi
GATUMBA, Burundi (Oct 31, 1996 11:48 p.m. EST) - Dozens of bloated corpses, some with bound hands, are floating down the Rusizi river bordering on Zaire and Burundi into Lake Tanganyika, fishermen said on Thursday. At least 13 corpses, including…
Rwanda
October 1996 MAJOR EVENTS Fighting in North and South Kivu displaces hundreds of thousands of refugees. UN Secretary-General appoints Ambassador Raymond Chrétien as Special Envoy to the Great Lakes Region. Numerous diplomatic initiatives are undertaken to address conflict…
Somalia
"FROM RELIEF TO DEVELOPMENT IN SOMALIA" Situation Report : 1-31 October 1996 I. HIGHLIGHTS President Moi of Kenya brought Somali leaders to the negotiating table in Nairobi, where they emerged with a promising statement of an end to hostilities,…
