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Summary of discussion: This summary was prepared by Barnett R. Rubin, Director of the Center for Preventive Action, Council on Foreign Relations, with the assistance and the comments of Hassan Ba, Synergies Africa; Fabienne Hara, Center…

Background on refugee movements in Eastern Zaire January 1997: Up to 300,000 refugees from the Bukavu area move westwards and begin regrouping in Tingi-Tingi/Shabunda area in the wake of ADFL advances Zairean government forces begin their counter-offensive against the ADFL. Between 1,000-2,000…

BUREAU FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE (BHR) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) ZAIRE - Complex Emergency Fact Sheet # 5 Fiscal Year (FY) 1997 March 25, 1997 Note: The last fact sheet was dated March 20, 1997. Background:In mid-October, 1996 fighting broke…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE (BHR) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) ZAIRE - Complex Emergency Fact Sheet # 4 Fiscal Year (FY) 1997 March 20, 1997 Note: The first three Zaire Fact Sheets appeared in…

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org - As rebels continued their advance across Zaire, the streets of Kinshasa, the capital of Zaire, were rife with rumours today concerning the health…

HR/97/14 13 March 1997 Roberto Garret=A2n Expresses Profound Concern Over Deteriorating Situation in East of Country The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Zaire, Roberto Garret=A2n, has expressed profound concern over the continuing deterioration of human rights in…

Refugees are on the move again in eastern Zaire as the Alliance of Democratic Forces for Liberation (ADFL) advances into Tingi-Tingi - the last of three major encampments in east central Zaire abandoned in the continuing war in a…

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org Subject: Great Lakes: IRIN Update 113 for 3 Mar 1997 97.3.3 Rebel leader Laurent-Desire Kabila claimed in Goma, eastern Zaire, yesterday that his troops had…

As increasingly large numbers of children continue to die of starvation, disease and exhaustion, Save the Children today urged all parties to the conflict in eastern Zaire to accept the innocence of the children caught up in this crisis.…

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees appealed today to all those concerned in the conflict in eastern Zaire to allow unimpeded humanitarian access to refugees caught in the fighting. High Commissioner Sadako Ogata said in the last several days relief…