Reports

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…

For Immediate Release Contact: MIKE KIERNAN November 15, 1996 202-667-8227, ext-132 InterAction, a Washington, DC-based coalition of more than 150 U.S. nonprofit humanitarian aid groups, has issued the following list of its relief agencies accepting monetary contributions for relief efforts to assist…

HRW Urges Separation of Armed Elements from Refugees (New York, November 15, 1996) As Rwandan refugees streamed out of the major camp at Mugunga in eastern Zaire, Human Rights Watch/Africa today stressed that any new camps established for them must exclude…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE (BHR) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) EASTERN ZAIRE - Complex Emergency Note: The last fact sheet was dated November 8, 1996. Current Humanitarian Situation: In response to shelling from Mugunga camp on…

UNITED NATIONS (Reuter) - As countries organized troops for an intervention force to prevent starvation in eastern Zaire, the U.N. Security Council was expected Friday to authorize the mission for a maximum of four months. A draft resolution, obtained by…

GOMA: 100,000 people, mainly composed of women, children and the elderly, are reported to be moving from Mugunga camp towards Goma. Some 75,000 people are already reported to be at the "Petite Barriere" border point. They are being checked…

DATE=11/15/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-206234 TITLE=ZAIRE / RWANDA (S) BYLINE=DOUGLAS ROBERTS DATELINE=GOMA ZAIRE CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: TENS OF THOUSANDS OF RWANDAN AND ZAIREAN REFUGEES HAVE LEFT CAMPS NEAR GOMA, ZAIRE, TODAY (FRIDAY) AFTER RWANDAN MILITIAMEN WHO CONTROLLED THE CAMPS WERE FORCED TO FLEE IN THE FACE OF…

After several days of shelling on the Mugunga camp west of Goma, a mass of people from the camp has started moving towards Goma and may cross the border into Rwanda. The ICRC and many other humanitarian organizations are…

Government of Australia Press Release announced by Minister Downer 14 November 1996 Humanitarian Assistance - Zaire Crisis AUD 2.6 Million for crisis in Zaire I have today decided to provide AUD2.6 million in emergency assistance for the humanitarian crisis in Zaire. In allocating…

November 15 --At a press conference today in Washington DC, Marge Tsitouris, Director of CARE's emergency group, hailed the beginnings of Rwandan refugee repatriation from Zaire. "This is a first step toward a long-term solution and stability for the…