Reports

Refugees fleeing camps in Tanzania - ACT relief for Lubuto say that up to 320.000 refugees have left from 13 camps in Tanzania including Benaco and Lumasi camps which are now reported about 80% empty. It is not clear where…

EASTERN ZAIRE: A joint UN/NGO/Government of Zaire mission visited the Shabunda/Kindu area, some 175 km west of Bukavu, and flew at low altitude around the Lubutu/Walikale/Bukavu area. The mission found approximately 10,000 Rwandan and Burundian refugees in the town of…

GENEVA (Reuter) - The United Nations on Wednesday said Burundi's army had killed at least 1,100 people, including hundreds of Hutu returnees from eastern Zaire in October and November, based on its investigations and witness accounts. The U.N. human rights…

1 January - 30 June 1997 TABLE OF CONTENTSIntroductionHumanitarian Assistance ActivitiesAppeal FrameworkPriority AreasFunding RequirementsProject SummariesAnnex I. Humanitarian Assistance in Liberia:Annex II. Mechanism for Ensuring Compliance with the Principles and Protocols of Humanitarian Operations Annex III. Financial SummariesAnnex IV.…

Refugee Movements A way station has been established at Kabumba, south Kivu, for those refugees who are now coming out of the nearby forest. The refugees, numbering a few hundred a day, are currently being trucked directly from Kabumba to…

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…

Red Cross Action Rwanda In the three weeks since an estimated 600,000 Rwandan refugees suddenly returned to Rwanda, the Red Cross has been providing emergency food, water, and medical assistance to the returnees along the road and in their communes.…

After having had to leave both Kindu and Kisangani, eastern Zaire, last week, owing to the deteriorating security situation, an ICRC team on Sunday was able to fly to Shabunda, east of Kindu, from Lubumbashi. An ICRC delegate located…

Less than a week after a peace agreement was signed by the Government of Sierra Leone and the armed opposition Revolutionary United Front (RUF) to end a bloody internal conflict, more than 150 civilians have been brutally mutilated and…