Reports

(as of 3 January 1997) Contents: 1. Operations completed 2. MCDU action under way 3. Requests for assistance issued by MCDU on behalf of UN agencies 4. Offers by donor countries 5. Cooperation between MCDU, UN agencies and…

ZAIRE: Kisangani: WFP continues to fly in food and relief materials to Kisangani by a Zairean chartered 707, from where it is moved either by road or by a locally chartered aircraft to Lubutu/Tingi-Tingi. WFP has begun another air operation, consisting…

KIGALI, Rwanda (Reuter) - A Rwandan court sentenced two Rwandan Hutus to death Friday for genocide and crimes against humanity, delivering the first death penalties for the 1994 slaughter of some 800,000 people. State-run radio said Deogratias Bizimana, a former medical…

Prepared by the Department of Public Information, United Nations This text was last updated effective 16 December 1996 Not an official document of the United Nations UNITED NATIONS OBSERVER MISSION IN LIBERIA FUNCTION: To exercise its good offices to support the efforts of the Economic…

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org IRIN Emergency Update No.71 on the Great Lakes (Friday 3 January 1997) - Speculation about an imminent counter-offensive in rebel-held eastern Zaire increased after aid…

1. OVERVIEW An FAO Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission visited Liberia from 28 November to 14 December 1996 to estimate 1996 food production, to assess the food supply situation for 1996 and 1997 and to estimate…

Abbreviations: ADFL - Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo/Zaire IRIN - Integrated Regional Information Network (of the DHA) DHA - Department of Humanitarian Affairs of the UN ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross WFP - World Food…

BUREAU FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE (BHR) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Note: The last situation report was dated December 23, 1996. Overview The Banyamulenge and the Banyarwanda people, who are Tutsi of Rwandan origin, settled in the Mulenge hills of South Kivu,…

Thursday January 2 8:46 AM EST KIGALI (Reuter) - Rwandan authorities have arrested as genocide suspects more than 2,500 Hutus who were among some 460,000 refugees who returned home from Tanzania last month, the U.N. human rights office said on…

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org IRIN Emergency Update No.70 on the Great Lakes (Wednesday-Thursday 1-2 January 1997) Press reports in Kinshasa speculated that President Mobutu may soon be planning a…