Reports

ROME (Nov 15, 1996 01:30 a.m. EST) Zaire said on Thursday all aid for starving refugees in the east of the country should be sent to Rwanda and Burundi to encourage the refugees to return home and accused the…

Baltimore-- Catholic Relief Services applauded the US governments decision to intervene in eastern Zaire today, and said that it was the first step in what will have to be a long-term process of peace and reconciliation in the region.…

GA/SHC/3391 (...) Events of the last weeks in the Great Lakes region of Africa had confirmed the seriousness of preventing another human catastrophe, according to the Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Burundi, Paulo Sergio Pinheiro. He said economic…

Christian Reformed World Relief Committee WHO: Christian Reformed World Relief Committee (CRWRC), the relief-development-education agency of the Christian Reformed Church in North America (CRCNA). WHAT: Compassionate, quick response to Rwandan refugees fleeing from death and starvation in rebel-held territory of Central Africas Great…

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. 24 on Eastern Zaire, November 15, 1996 Nairobi - Mugunga camp is reported by UN eyewitnesses as "empty". Journalists and…

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 UNHCR reported that by 1pm local time that 15,000 people have…

Press Release 96/36 Geneva (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) today launched an appeal for 49 million Swiss francs (38.5 US dollars) to cover the cost of its operation to protect and assist some of the…

Communication to the press No. 96/36 Geneva (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) today launched an appeal for 49 million Swiss francs (38.5 US dollars) to cover the cost of its operation to protect and assist…

The major breakthrough necessary for humanitarian aid to gain access to over one million people affected by the ongoing conflict in eastern Zaire has still not been achieved. However, efforts at international level are underway to find a solution…

(11/15/96) Red Cross Action In the last twenty-four hours, there has been a spontaneous mass movement of refugees from the Goma area of Zaire into their home country Rwanda. Estimates are that 15-20,000 refugees are crossing the border every hour at…