Reports

Situation in Masisi, Eastern Zaire In a letter to the President of the UN Security Council dated 24 May, the Permanent Representative of Rwanda to the United Nations called for an emergency meeting of the Security Council to take immediate…

Tension on the Zaire/Rwanda border Over the past few weeks some 10,000 people have fled the fighting in the Masisi area of the North Kivu region of Zaire and taken refuge in Rwanda. These people are of Banyarwanda origin and…

BRAZZAVILLE, Congo (PANA) - Eleven presidents, whose countries are on the United Nations Permanent Advisory Committee on Security issues in Central Africa, are due to meet July 8-10 in Yaounde, Cameroon, to sign a non-aggression pact for the sub-region, diplomatic…

[IRIN Note: IRIN does not normally distribute political statements, but the following transcript of a press release from UPRONA, dated 26 June 1996, will, we believe, be of exceptional interest to the humanitarian community. We also believe, after initial…

This report includes: A) General B) Liberia and Sierra Leone C) Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire and Tanzania D) Somalia E) Mozambique F) CIS - Russian Federation (Chechnya). From B. Szynalski, Director, Operational Policy and Support Division. For information regarding resources, donors are…

This report includes: A) General B) Liberia and Sierra Leone C) Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire and Tanzania D) Somalia E) Mozambique F) CIS - Russian Federation (Chechnya). From B. Szynalski, Director, Operational Policy and Support Division. For information regarding resources, donors are…

Recent resurgence of civil strife in Monrovia could further aggravate the already tight food supply situation and hamper emergency assistance and agricultural rehabilitation activities in Liberia. The present disturbances have caused a new wave of population displacement affecting hundreds of…

Washington, DC - Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs George E. Moose is visiting Africa with other U.S. experts to discuss the "ongoing crisis in Burundi," with leaders in the region. Following is the text of the announcement by…

General: The second round of discussions between Uprona and Frodebu parties, due to open in Mwanza on 22 May under the auspices of former Tanzanian President Mr. Julius Nyerere, was postponed until at least the beginning of June. On a…

LIBERIA - Complex Emergency Background: On April 6, 1996, fighting in Monrovia erupted between two armed factions, Charles Taylor's Nationa (ULIMO-Krahn). Other Krahn factions subsequently joined Johnson. The fighting came in the wake of skirmishes that followed the signing of the Abuja…