Reports

Crisis in Zaire Looms Large as Hundreds of Thousands of People Remain Unaccounted for Red Cross Initiating First Distribution in Area West of Goma WASHINGTON, November 20, 1996 - The Red Cross has stepped up their humanitarian operation in eastern…

1. The crisis is not over The events of the past week have focused international attention on the return of Rwandan refugees to their homeland after more than two years in the refugee camps. This is a welcome development, although…

Some Questions & Answers on the Zaire crisis Q: Isn't the crisis over now? A: No certainly not! There are still hundreds of thousands of Rwandan refugees and Zairian displaced out of reach of the aid effort. Many have been without…

ZMassive returns from Goma to Rwanda end, except for a small trickle; about 60 percent of the returnees are back in their communes. Supplies from UNHCR's warehouse in Uganda are being brought to Rwanda to increase stocks there for the…

GOMA, Zaire (Reuter) - Rwandan refugees have started streaming towards their homeland from Zaire, in what appears to be a second exodus that could remove the need for a planned U.N. force intended to help them. Zaire, which says a…

Not an official document The WFP Executive Director, Ms. Catherine Bertini, arrived in Kigali, Rwanda on 19 November. In Rwanda, Ms. Bertini will meet with the new returnees from Eastern Zaire in Ruhengeri prefecture, and will have meetings with the…

KINSHASA, Zaire (PANA) - Gen. Eluki Monga Aungu, Chief-of-staff of the Zairean armed forces, has been suspended, Zairean television announced on Wednesday. While the reasons for this suspension have not been given, a member of the Zairean information minister's office, who…

(Perry says the situation "remains fluid") (640) By Jacquelyn S. Porth USIA Security Affairs Writer Washington -- Defense Secretary Perry says the U.S. contribution to the Canadian-led multinational force for Central Africa will be fewer than 1,000 troops. The participating U.S. military personnel will…

Not an official document The WFP Executive Director, Ms. Catherine Bertini, left WFP Headquarters on 18 November for Kigali, Rwanda. Ms. Bertini is arriving in Kigali from Nairobi on 19 November. During her stay, she will visit the newly arrived…

DATE=11/19/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-206416 TITLE=RWANDA FORCE (L) BYLINE=DOUGLAS ROBERTS DATELINE=KIGALI CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: THE RWANDAN GOVERNMENT TUESDAY SIGNALED ITS FIRM OPPOSITION TO THE DEPLOYMENT OF A MULTI-NATIONAL FORCE TO DEAL WITH THE REFUGEE CRISIS IN EASTERN ZAIRE. AT A NEWS CONFERENCE IN KIGALI, SENIOR RWANDAN…