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UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org - Tens of thousands of refugees yesterday fled the Shabunda camp in eastern Zaire after reports that ADFL rebels had captured the nearby town…

RWANDA: The United Nations Secretary-General has recommended that all activities outside Kigali - except those directly related to humanitarian or emergency relief operations or security matters be reduced pending clarity on the security situation. Following meetings in Kigali today, we should…

GOMA, Zaire (Reuter) - Zairean rebel leader Laurent Kabila on Wednesday gave ailing President Mobutu Sese Seko just over two weeks to agree to negotiations on handover of power or face a major rebel offensive. Kabila, speaking to Reuters at…

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org - In a further deterioration of the security situation in Rwanda, four employees of the UN Human Rights Field Operation in Rwanda (HRFOR) human…

NEW YORK (PANA) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has begun investigations into the Tuesday killing of four of its field agents in Rwanda, and has asked the country's military to do likewise. "I strongly condemn this…

DAKAR, Senegal (PANA) - The Commander of the West African peace monitoring force in Liberia (Ecomog), Maj. Gen. Samuel Victor Malu has warned that effective Friday, military force would be used to recover arms still being held illegally. "By the…

Contact: Kirk Day (202) 828-0110 Despite continued reports about the dire situation of refugees in eastern Zaire, some in the U.S. government continue to minimize the severity and scope of the problem at hand. In November, when the refugees first began to…

*97020507.AAF (High Commissioner Ayala-Lasso condemns attack) (360) By Judy Aita and Wendy Lubetkin USIA Correspondents UNITED NATIONS -- U.N. Security Council President Njuguna Mahugu called in the Rwandan representative February 5 to find out how his government intends to protect U.N. workers in…

A lot of attention in Washington these days is focussed on Zaire and the present crisis in the Great Lakes Region. There as been a proliferation of meetings but unfortunately the meetings, instead of bringing clarity to the situation,…

30 January - 5 February 1997 The information contained in this report was provided by the Office of the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Operational Activities in Liberia UN Agencies, International Organisations and NGOs REPORTING PERIOD HIGHLIGHTS On 5th February, the disarmament…