Reports

ICRC NEWS 43 Following the evacuation of its remaining delegates from Bukavu on 28 October, the ICRC is now concentrating its activities in the Goma area. At the new Mugunga II camp, where some 200,000 Rwandan refugees have arrived from…

A worst-case scenario is unfolding for refugees from Rwanda and Burundi and local residents in eastern Zaire. Refugee camp residents and local Zairians are caught in a crossfire between Zairian troops and Tutsi rebels, from which they have begun…

SG/SM/6101 30 October 1996 The following was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali: The Secretary-General has informed the Security Council that he has decided to appoint a Special Envoy who will travel to the Great Lakes region…

Judith Matloff, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor JOHANNESBURG -- The Great Lakes region of central Africa threatens to become the scene of a humanitarian catastrophe as concerns grow that a long-dreaded regional Hutu-Tutsi conflict may finally happen. The latest power…

GOMA: Government of Zaire issued a decree imposing the closure of Uganda-Goma road (northern axis) to all commercial and humanitarian traffic. Three camps, with a total population of 517,000, are located on the northern axis. UNHCR recommends reducing all movement to…

A World Food Programme team in Burundi today handed out a one-week food package to 2,500 former Burundian refugees from Uvira, mostly women and children, who have just arrived in Gatumba town, 19 kms west of Bujumbura. WFP expects…

Limited relief is reaching refugees in Eastern Zaire Geneva, October 30, (18.00,CET): With fighting around Bukavu involving direct exchanges between Zairian and Rwandan armed forces and the continued insecurity in the Goma area, only very limited assistance has reached needy populations…

At a Glance UNHCR fields more relief workers to provide basic assistance to Rwandan refugees and displaced Zairians packed like sardines at Mugunga camp in a race against time to prevent outbreaks of epidemics. Sporadic exchanges of mortar and machinegun fire…

BURUNDI, RWANDA, TANZANIA, UGANDA & ZAIRE: RWANDAN AND BURUNDIAN REFUGEES emergency appeal no. 01.02/96 situation report no. 9 period covered: 29-30 October 1996 EMERGENCY REPORT - KIVU CRISIS Latest events Goma No changes in the security situation were reported after a new military…

CYANGUGU, Rwanda (Reuter) - Zaire and Rwanda moved closer to war Wednesday with a second day of cross-border artillery exchanges after fighting in eastern Zaire claimed the life of a Roman Catholic archbishop. The Vatican said Wednesday that Archbishop Christophe Munzihirwa…