Reports

From Segun Adeyemi; PANA Correspondent NEW YORK, (PANA) - Retired Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere on Wednesday blamed the Zairean government for causing the latest crisis in the Great Lakes region by seeking to expel the ethnic Rwandans who have lived…

JUSTICE AND PEACE COMMISSION NATIONAL CATHOLIC SECRETARIAT Box 3869 Ashmun Street, Monrovia BRIEFING PAPER NOVEMBER 20 - DECEMBER 4, 1996 The Latest Abuja II Accord signed by Liberia's warring factions in August this year provides a guideline for disarmament to begin on November…

Eastern Zaire Three groups of refugees, totally approximately 50,000, are believed to have left Minova on their way towards Goma and the border crossing with Gisenyi. Unconfirmed reports also suggest that Kisangani is now under rebel control. Tanzania The Tanzanian government has announced plans…

Statement of Lionel A. Rosenblatt, President Refugees International To The House International Relations Committee Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights Mr. Chairman, we at Refugees International wish to thank you for convening this hearing on the humanitarian and political crisis…

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…

(FR) (Mahdesian briefs House subcommittee) (3260) WASHINGTON -- Michael Mahdesian, the U.S. Agency for International Development's (USAID's) deputy assistant administrator for humanitarian response, told Congress December 4 that U.S. aid in the Rwandan emergency has the potential for resolving the Great Lakes…

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. 48 on eastern Zaire (Wednesday 4 December 1996) Ugandan military sources say rebels in eastern Zaire have captured the town of…

GOMA, Zaire (Reuter) - Hundreds of Zairian government troops went on a rampage of looting and raping in the northeastern city of Kisangani as victorious rebels said they were advancing toward the city from the south and east. The rebels…

UN team finds no traces of large refugee groups during an overland trip from Bukavu to Uvira. With restrictions on movements, UN=ADHCR staff members in Bukavu experience frustration in searching for refugees. Returnees appear in good condition, but their nutritional status…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE (BHR) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Note: The last situation report was dated November 27, 1996. Overview The Banyamulenge and the Banyarwanda people, who are Tutsi of Rwandan origin, settled in the…