Reports

1 November 1996 - 31 January 1997 IMPORTANT NOTE: This Appeal was being finalised as major return movements of Rwandan refugees back to Rwanda started. It should be noted that the target populations and needs remain the…

Secretary=ADGeneral launches flash appeal for funds in response to the crisis in eastern Zaire. More than 500,000 Rwandan refugees are estimated to have returned to Rwanda, comprising the bulk of returnees from the Goma region. However, small groups of about…

U N I T E D N A T I O N S Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org This is number 35 in a series of weekly reports from…

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. 27 on Eastern Zaire (16-17 November 1996) As thousands of people resumed their trek across the border into Rwanda this morning,…

Not an official document GOMA: Movement of people towards and across the border continues. A reported 200,000 people had crossed into Rwanda by 18:00 on 16 November. Many more, who were approaching the border, are expected to cross today. Following…

Refugees Are Malnourished, Fatigued, Suffering from Exposure November 17, 1996. Minneapolis -- The American Refugee Committee is establishing and operating 31 emergency assistance centers to assist repatriating Rwandan refugees, many of whom are in poor health following three weeks of life-threatening…

By Peter Smerdon GISENYI, Rwanda, Nov 17 (Reuter) - More refugees flooded across the border from eastern Zaire into this small Rwandan border town on Sunday -- the third day of a human wave which showed no sign of slowing…

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. 26 on Eastern Zaire (15-16 November 1996) One hundred thousand people have so far crossed the border at Gisenyi as of…

From Segun Adeyemi ; PANA Correspondent NEW YORK, United Nations (PANA) The United Nations says it is still necessary to send a multinational force to eastern Zaire to provide humanitarian relief to refugees despite the return to Rwanda of thousands…

Communiqué de Presse (1/161196) Kinshasa, le 16 novembre 1996 1. La Belgique vient en aide à la poplation zaïroise affectée par les événements graves qui se sont produits dans l'Est du Zaïre. Le 17 novembre,…