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 IRIN Emergency Update No. 52 on eastern Zaire (9 December 1996) WFP and UNHCR report that some 15,000 refugees have left the Kagenyi and Rubwere…

The prospects for a multinational military force in eastern Zaire have been further dimmed by comments by its commander. Lieutenant-General Maurice Baril has suggested there's NO longer any need for foreign troops. During an evaluation mission in eastern Zaire, he said…

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…

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. 51 on eastern Zaire (7-8 December 1996) Lt-Gen Maurice Baril, Canadian commander of the multi-national force has said the situation in…

BENI, Zaire (Reuter) - Zairean rebels say they're advancing on a key town in eastern Zaire that the government's battered army had reinforced in an effort to halt its string of defeats. As a struggle for Bunia appeared imminent, prospects…

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.50 on eastern Zaire (Friday 6 December 1996) Canadian Defence Minister Doug Young yesterday mooted the idea of scrapping military intervention by…

Jennifer Ludden, Special to The Christian Science Monitor KINSHASA, ZAIRE -- Hidden war is carving up Zaire, sub-Saharan Africa's largest and potentially richest country. Rebels in Zaire Rapidly Advance As Army Flees Page 1 & 7 But the graft-ridden Army of…

This report includes: A) Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire and Tanzania B) Liberia and Sierra Leone C) Angola. From P. Ares, Chief, Programming Service. Available on the Internet at WFP Home Page http://www.org/wfp, or by e-mail from HicksDeb@wfp.org (fax 39 6 5228…

AKRON, Pa. -- Although many Rwandan refugees around Goma, Zaire, have returned home, the situation around Bukavu, Zaire, is quite different. On November 20, two Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) workers were in the first group of outsiders allowed into…

Background The present humanitarian drama in eastern Zaire and the urgent need to deliver humanitarian relief to vulnerable populations in the area have rightly if somewhat belatedly attracted the attention of policy-makers in the international community. However, there is a…