Reports

A World Food Programme-chartered cargo aircraft arrived Wednesday in Kisangani bringing 38.5 metric tons of urgently needed relief food supplies for Rwandan and Burundian refugess recently arrived in Lubutu, eastern Zaire. It was the first of three flights, which will bring…

The humanitarian situation in Shabunda, a settlement about mid-way between Bukavu and Kindu, is slowly becoming critical. ICRC activities are hampered by poor infrastructure, heavy rains and difficult access to the refugee site. Relief supplies are flown to Kindu from…

28 November - 18 December 1996 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 HIGHLIGHTS The Disarmament and Demobilisation…

African leaders met in Nairobi December 16 and 17 to discuss the crisis in the Great Lakes Region. However, contrary to the expectations of the Buyoya government and others, neither the conflict within Burundi nor the regionally imposed embargo…

ZAIRE: Philippe Duamelle confirms that the situation of the Rwandan refugees in and around Lubutu in North Kivu is absolutely dramatic. UNICEF ZAIRE Programme Coordinator Philippe Duamelle is still in Lubutu in North Kivu, about 170 km southeast of Kisangani and 220/250…

BUREAU FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE (BHR) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Note: The last situation report was dated December 12, 1996. Overview The Banyamulenge and the Banyarwanda people, who are Tutsi of Rwandan origin, settled in the Mulenge hills of South Kivu,…

RWANDA: Some 105,000 Rwandan refugees returned from Tanzania on 16 December. The cumulative number from 14 to 16 December is estimated at 143,500. The majority of those returning in the past few days is coming from the Ngara camps however…

The humanitarian situation in Shabunda, a settlement about mid-way between Bukavu and Kindu, is slowly becoming critical. ICRC activities are hampered by poor infrastructure, heavy rains and difficult access to the refugee site. Relief supplies are flown to Kindu from…

Refugees continue to walk from the camps from Ngara towards the Rwandan border, however heavy rains slowed down their movement. Zairean refugees in Kigoma refuse to be transferred. Rwanda started the registration of the new arrivals. DEVELOPMENTS TANZANIA Ngara: In the afternoon, 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 IRIN Emergency Update No.60 on the Great Lakes (Tuesday 17 December 1996) A regional summit in Nairobi to discuss the situation in the Great Lakes…