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 Rwandan refugees began pouring back into Rwanda from Ngara camps in Tanzania over the weekend. DHA in Kigali reported that by yesterday, some 24,000…

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 of 14:00 today, 60,000 Rwandan refugees had crossed into their homeland from Tanzania's Ngara camps, bringing the total number of returnees since Saturday…

NAIROBI, Nairobi (PANA) - The second summit on the volatile Great Lakes region began in Nairobi on Monday without two key players - Burundi and Zaire. Opening the two-day meeting, attended by nine heads of state and government, Kenyan President…

New York and Rukira, Rwanda, Dec. 16, 1996 -- "It's beyond imagination to be home," said the Rwandan refugee. Someone was living in the house he left two years ago, but he could wait for that, he told Lutheran…

Assisting refugees returning from Tanzania airlifting to Kisangani & Lubuto in Zaire With up to 15.000 refugees crossing from Tanzania to Rwanda ACT staff in and around Kibungo are distributing food and non-food relief items as well as assisting in…

This report has been produced to fulfill the information requirements of the UNDHA Geneva Taskforce on Eastern Zaire and the UNDHA mission in the Great Lakes region. The report attempts to fill the gaps resulting from time delays and…

BUREAU FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE (BHR) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) GREAT LAKES UPDATE -- Rwandan Refugees in Tanzania on the Move Tanzania: The situation in the Tanzania refugee camps is evolving rapidly. On December 12, Rwandan refugees began to pour…

Judith Matloff, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor KIGALI, RWANDA -- Central Africa's refugee crisis has sparked aid agencies to question their uncomfortable role on the front line of world conflicts. For 2-1/2 years, the United Nations maintained camps for…

TANZANIA: As of mid-morning on 16 December, a total of 45,000 Rwandan refugees returned to Rwanda from Ngara camps in Tanzania. This includes some 30,000 who repatriated on 15 December and some 7,500 who returned on 14 December. It appears that the…

Period covered: 19 November - 16 December 1996 This report has been prepared by the office of the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Sierra Leone 1. Assessments by many different organisations have been made to determine humanitarian needs throughout much of…