Reports

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org - A Canadian priest, of the order of White Fathers, was killed while conducting a mass in Ruhengeri on Sunday, the same area where…

DATE=2/3/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-209577 TITLE=BURUNDI TALKS (L) BYLINE=SCOTT STEARNS DATELINE=ARUSHA CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: BURUNDI'S MILITARY LEADER MET WITH INTERNATIONAL MEDIATORS IN TANZANIA (TODAY) (MONDAY). AS VOA'S SCOTT STEARNS REPORTS FROM THE TANZANIAN CITY OF ARUSHA, PIERRE BUYOYA FOUND LITTLE ENTHUSIASM FOR REMOVING THE REGIONAL TRADE EMBARGO…

DATE=2/3/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-209571 TITLE=LIBERIA / PEACE (L) BYLINE=PURNELL MURDOCK DATELINE=MONROVIA CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: WEST AFRICAN PEACEKEEPING OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE SATISFIED WITH THE NUMBER OF REBEL FIGHTERS DISARMED IN LIBERIA, SO FAR. THEY HAVE EXTENDED A DEADLINE FOR COMPLETING THE DISARMAMENT PHASE TO ALLOW FIGHTERS…

Since November 1997, 445 cases of which 83 were fatal (case fatality rate 20%) have been reported in Point-Noire in the southern part of the country. The cases occurred between 7 November 1997 and 27 January 1998. Vibrio cholerae O1…

DATE=2/3/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-209593 TITLE=ZAIRE FIGHTING (L UPDATE) BYLINE=SCOTT STEARNS DATELINE=NAIROBI CONTENT= VOICED AT: /// EDS: UPDATES CR 2-209582 /// INTRO: FIGHTING IN EASTERN ZAIRE HAS SPREAD DOWN THE SOUTHERN SHORE OF LAKE TANGANYIKA. V-O-A EAST AFRICA CORRESPONDENT SCOTT STEARNS REPORTS IT IS THE FIRST TIME REBELS HAVE…

UNDP FLASH! A new UNDP initiative now under way in Monrovia is creating jobs for young people, many of whom are former combatants looking to start new lives. The US$2 million project, executed by the UN Office of Project Services,…

By Eduardo Gomez Ortega BRUSSELS, Feb 3 (IPS) - The lack of concrete actions to resolve the plight of hundreds of thousands of refugees in Zaire is a disgrace for the international community that jeopardises the credibility of…

DATE=2/3/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-209611 TITLE=ZAIRE REACT (S ONLY) BYLINE=VICTOR BEATTIE DATELINE=WASHINGTON CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: THE UNITED STATES SAYS IT SUPPORTS THE TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF ZAIRE AND DOES NOT SUPPORT REBEL GROUPS IT SAYS ARE TRYING TO DESTABILIZE THE ZAIREAN GOVERNMENT. V-O-A'S VICTOR BEATTIE REPORTS, AS A…

RUHENGERI, Rwanda (Reuter) - Rwanda's interior minister warned of increased violence and instability in the country as a Canadian priest murdered over the weekend was buried Monday in the north-western town of Ruhengeri. ''What we are seeing is an increase in…

Eastern Zaire: Tingi-Tingi: The latest figures show no improvement in the number of deaths of refugees in Tingi-Tingi: DAY TOTAL Children under 5 years + 5 years 27 21 10 11 28 30 16 14 29 34 13 21 30 27 15 12 31 29 21 8 141 75 66 As of 31 January, there were 312 cases of cholera (Inaba type) - 36 children under five…