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WEEKLY NEWS - ISSUE of 15/05/96 -  PART 1/

* Africa/China. Trade issues high on talks
8 May: Chinese President Jiang Zemin arrives in Kenya at the
start of a six-nation African tour, the first ever undertaken by
a Chinese head of state. Trade issues are likely to figure
prominently in talks between Jiang and his Kenyan counterpart,
Daniel arap Moi, a senior Chinese Embassy official says. Jiang's
two-week itinerary has been chosen with extreme care, African
diplomats say, and with an eye on blocking any further successes
for Taiwan's "sugar-coated" diplomacy. 11 May: President Jiang
arrives in Ethiopia for a three-day state visit. 13 May: China
and Ethiopia sign two agreements on promoting trade, economic and
technological cooperation.
(ANB-BIA, Brussels, 14 May 1996)

* South Africa. Counselling centres
The Catholic bishops of Southern Africa have set up centres where
victims of apartheid can receive counselling and record their
stories for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Father Sean
O'Leary, head of the Justice and Peace Department of the Southern
African Catholic Bishops' Conference in Pretoria says: "We serve
many needs, from counselling to helping people fill in the forms
properly. We want ordinary people to feel that this is their
Commission."
(The Southern Cross, South Africa, 5 May 1996)

* South Africa. Truth Commission
What takes place at Commission hearings? The following are some
of the subjects covered from 6-8 May. Truth Commission urges
Afrikaners to repent and confess; Women tell Truth Commission of
missing ANC exiles; KwaZulu police under spotlight at Durban
Truth hearings; The Truth body hears of Kwamashu family massacre;
Truth Commission hears of murder squad conspiracy; Truth body to
hear testimony on murder of Stompie Seipie; Truth body hears of
torture techniques; mother of hanged ANC bomber wants death
certificate; judiciary under fire at Truth hearing. (Editor's
note: On 10 May, the Commission wound up a month of harrowing
hearings.)
(Truth Commission Summary, South Africa, 8 May 1996)

* Afrique du Sud. Les Afrikaners sont mecontents
Un nombre croissant de Blancs reprochent au Parti national (NP)
de ne pas s'etre oppose a la remise en cause de plus en plus
marquee des interets acquis au temps de l'apartheid. La politique
de rattrapage racial dans l'emploi est une des premieres causes
de ce mecontentement. Elle a coute a de nombreux Blancs des
postes qui leur etaient reserves sous le regime de segregation
raciale. L'arrivee massive d'eleves noirs dans les ecoles
reservees auparavant aux Blancs a ete mal acceptee. Le NP n'a pas
obtenu la garantie de l'existence des ecoles afrikaners dans la
nouvelle Constitution. La reduction de l'usage de l'afrikaans a
la television est un autre symbole d'une volonte de revanche de
la majorite noire, aux yeux d'une partie de la population
blanche. Le debut des travaux de la commission chargee d'examiner
les crimes de l'apartheid a renforce ce sentiment.
(Le Monde, France, 11 mai 1996)

* Afrique du Sud. Gouvernement restreint
Apres la sortie de la coalition gouvernementale du Parti national
de Frederik De Klerk, Nelson Mandela a constitue un nouveau
gouvernement. Le poste de deuxieme vice-president qu'occupait M.
De Klerk a ete supprime; quatre nouveaux ministres remplaceront
les six ministres blancs sortants. Un de ces quatres ministres
est membre de l'Inkhata, le parti du grande rival de Mandela, M.
Mangosuthu Buthelezi. Par contre, il n'y aura aucun ministre du
parti d'extreme droite, le Front de la liberte, ni du Congres
panafricain, communiste, ni du Parti democratique, liberal. Par
ailleurs, lors d'un rassemblent, M. De Klerk a parle, dimanche
12 mai, de la commission Verite et Reconciliation comme d'une
"grave erreur politique".
(ANB-BIA, de sources diverses, 14 mai 1996)

* South Africa. De Klerk to wage economic crusade
South Africa's National Party, newly released from the
constraints of coalition government, announced on 10 May that it
will focus on economic disciplines and morality issues. The party
is keen to capitalise on positive talk from sections of the
business community. While it will not officially withdraw until
the end of next month, party officials have wasted no time in
spelling out how they plan to take the fight to the ANC. On 14
May, the National Party announced it will be leaving eight of the
country's nice provincial cabinets, remaining only in the Western
Cape
administration where it has a majority.
(ANB-BIA, Brussels, 15 May 1996)

* Algeria. Constitutional reforms
Proposals by President Liamine Zeroual for constitutional reforms
to try and end four years of conflict between government and
Islamists were published on 12 May. Under the proposals, parties
will be banned from campaigning under a Muslim banner. Islam is
defined in the document as the heritage of the whole society
"which must be excluded from the field of political competition
and partisan antagonisms". Other proposals include the creation
of a parliament with two legislative chambers, the introduction
of the proportional representation system of voting, and the
limiting of the president's tenure to one of five years in
office.
The Guardian, U.K., 13 May 1996)

* Algerie. Reforme de la Constitution
Le president Zeroual a publie, samedi 11 mai, un memorandum dans
lequel il precise sa demarche politique pour les deux prochaines
annees en proposant une serie de reformes institutionnelles.
L'Algerie devrait connaitre avant la fin de l'annee une profonde
revision de la Constitution, soumise a referendum, et de la loi
sur les partis, qui doit definitivement bannir l'utilisation de
l'islam a des fins politiques avant les legislatives de 1997.
Cette loi conduira aussi a une reduction drastique du nombre des
partis qui devront s'engager a rejeter la violence, directe comme
indirecte, dans une reference, implicite, au Front islamique du
Salut (FIS, dissous). Le president Liamine Zeroual a transmis
samedi aux personnalites et aux principaux partis politiques
ayant participe au dialogue ces dernieres semaines un memorandum
directif de 22 pages fixant les grandes lignes des reformes.
(Le Soir, Belgique, 13 mai 1996)

* Burundi. Humanitarian situation
In an UN Humanitarian Situration report, covering the period 6-11
May, it is reported that rebel attacks and violent clashes
between armed insurgents and national forces are now generally
concentrated in the central and northwestern provinces permitting
a period of relative calm in the south. While tension remains
high in the central province of Gitega, the World Food Programme
has been able to implement evaluation missions in various areas
of the province, and has succeeded in transporting some 110mt of
food stocks to the area. Of particular note is the significant
number of grenade attacks launched at school sites in Bujumbura,
Bururi and Gitega. Five attacks were reportedly carried out
between 5 and 7 May. Insecurity in the country has made itself
most evident by the thousands of Burundian refugees pouring out
of the country at both its east and west border areas.
(The UN Humanit. Coordinator, Burundi, 14 May 1996)

* Burundi. US officials in Burundi
8 May: US special envoy Richard Bogosian starts talks with
Burundian government officials and leaders of the Tutsi-dominated
army after reports of massacres of Hutus by the security forces.
Bogosian, US coordinator for Rwanda and Burundi, said he will
raise the issue of human rights in his meetings, which Western
diplomats say underline Washington's concern about the explosive
situation in Burundi. 12 May: John Shattuck, US Assistant
Secretary of State for Human Rights, Democracy and Labour is in
Burundi to assess events. He says: "Our essential message is to
stop violence and allow people in constitutional offices to carry
out constitutional duties".
(ANB-BIA, Brussels, 14 May 1996)

* Burundi. Encore un gouverneur tue
Le gouverneur de la province de Cibitoke, M. Mvutse Sylvestre,
a ete assassine le 13 mai, dans une embuscade a Cibitoke meme.
Il venait de quitter Bujumbura pour Cibitoke, ou il devait
assister a une reunion avec les ministres zairois des Affaires
etrangeres et de la Defense. Le gouverneur, membre du FRODEBU
aurait du temoigner des exactions massives de l'armee a l'endroit
des populations et surtout des assassinats de responsables hutu
de sa province. Depuis le debut de la crise, le 21 octobre 1993,
jusqu'a present, 18 parlementaires sur 65 du FRODEBU, 77 hauts
cadres et 9 gouverneurs de province ont ete assassines. Le 9 mai,
on a nomme un gouverneur militaire a la province de Karuzi,
portant ainsi a 5 sur 15 le nombre de gouverneurs militaires. --
Le conseiller pour la securite nationale de Bill Clinton, Anthony
Lake, en visite a Bujumbura, a repete l'opposition des Etats-Unis
a une intervention etrangere. --Les dernieres informations sur
le massacre du marche de Kivyuka "estiment" les victimes a 375
civils.
(ANB-BIA, de sources diverses, 15 mai 1996)

* Cameroun. Conflit frontalier
Le president Paul Biya a affirme vouloir un reglement pacifique
du conflit frontalier qui oppose son pays au Nigeria. Cameroun
et Nigeria, en effet, se disputent la presqu'ile de Bakassi,
riche en petrole. Apres avoir ete recu par M. Chirac, jeudi 9
mai, a l'Elysee, M.Biya a declare n'avoir pas besoin de l'appel
"a la plus grande retenue" lance, la veille, par la France,
ajoutant: "Le Nigeria et le Cameroun sont des pays freres (...)On
a tout pour s'entendre". Par ailleurs, quelque 80 soldats
nigerians ont ete faits prisonniers par les forces camerounaises
durant les affrontements des deux dernieres semaines. Un
representant du gouvernement camerounais s'est rendu dans la
capitale nigeriane pour tenter de regler le conflit.
(D'apres AFP, France, 11-14 mai 1996)

* Chad. Presidential election
After 35 years of independence and 30 of civil war, Chad will
hold its first pluralist election on 2 June. Once a warlord and
now president, Idriss Deby is favoured to win, partly because the
opposition will be split between fourteen presidential hopefuls.
The Court of Appeal declared five others ineligible, including
Adoum Maurice Hel Bongo, once President of the Sovereign National
Conference, and Fidel Moungar, one of the three prime ministers
during the transition period that began in May 1993. Deby has
been forced to campaign hard and many factors are involved in
Chad's economic, ethnic and religious complexities. (...)
Chadians voted in a referendum on the new constitution last
month. Of the 3.2 million registered, well over half voted, with
some 1.2 million saying "Yes" and 700,000 saying "No". This not
only enshrined multi-partyism but also Arabic as the second
national language. This was regarded as a reasonably honest poll
and is likely to help Deby.
(Africa Confidential, U.K., 10 May 1996)

* Congo. Election presidentielle
Le president Pascal Lissouba a annonce le 4 mai, lors de la
ceremonie d'installation de la commission nationale de
recensement (CNR) chargee d'etablir les listes electorales, que
la "prochaine election presidentielle aurait lieu le 18 juillet
1997", avec un second tour eventuel le 11 aout. La CNR, financee
en partie par l'aide exterieure, est composee de representants
du gouvernement, des partis politiques, de la societe civile et
des bailleurs de fonds. L'election presidentielle aura lieu "sur
la base de la Constitution issue du referendum de mars 1992 et
de l'ancien decoupage electoral", a-t-il egalement affirme, en
dementant les rumeurs sur une modification de la Constitution.
Elu en aout 1992 lors de la premiere election presidentielle
multipartite qu'a connue le pays, le president Lissouba verra son
mandat expirer en aout 1997. Jusqu'a present, seuls lui-meme et
l'ancien chef d'etat-major general des Forces armees, le general
Jean Marie Michel Mokoko, ont annonce leur candidature.
(D'apres Marches Tropicaux, France, 10 mai 1996)
* Eritrea. Agreement with Yemen
On 9 May, Yemeni Foreign Minister Abdul Karim al-Iriyani
announced that France has invited Yemen and Eritrea to sign an
agreement in Paris on 21 May on a peaceful settlement to their
dispute over the three Red Sea islands of Greater Hanish, Lesser
Hanish and Zuraq. The official Al-Wahda weekly quoted al-Iriyani
as saying that "the signing of the Yemeni-Eritrean declaration-
of-principles accord will be a crowning of the efforts that Yemen
has been making since the crisis began, with the aim of
maintaining its ties with Eritrea and sparing the region any more
tension." He said the signing ceremony would be also attended by
foreign ministers of Egypt and Ethiopia and a representative of
UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali. Al-Iriyani praised
France's mediating role and the perseverance and patience shown
by French envoy Francis Gutman and envoys of other friendly
countries, in bringing about the accord. (AFJN, Washington, 10
May 1996)

* Ghana. Election presidentielle
Kame Pianim, l'un des principaux rivaux potentiels de Jerry
Rawlings pour l'election presidentielle prevue le 10 decembre,
s'est vu condamner a l'ineligibilite pour le scrutin de decembre
par la cour supreme du Ghana. Par trois voix contre deux, la cour
a juge que M. Pianim, du Nouveau parti patriotique (NPP), etait
ineligible pour avoir attente a la securite de l'Etat. Il avait
ete condamne en aout 1983 pour avoir complote en vue de renverser
le regime militaire du capitaine Jerry Rawlings, le Conseil
provisoire national de defense (PNDC). M. Pianim a declare qu'il
n'avait pas "l'intention de faire appel. J'accepte la decision
de bonne foi, mais c'est un jour sombre pour le Ghana", a-t-il
ajoute. Le NPP, principal parti d'opposition, presente donc sous
sa banniere John Agyekum Kufuor. M.Kufuor, 57 ans, a remporte 52%
des suffrages des quelque 2.000 delegues reunis en congres a
Accra, devancant les cinq autres pretendants a l'investiture. Le
NPP, qui a boycotte les dernieres elections legislatives, n'a pas
de representant au Parlement.
(Afrique Express, France, 2 mai 1996)

* Liberia. Saga of the "Bulk Challenge"
5.: A ship, the "Bulk Challenge", leaves Monrovia with 3,500
refugees aboard. 12 May: The "Bulk Challenge" arrives in
Takoradi, Ghana, from Cote d'Ivoire after urgent repairs. It is
allowed to stay for four hours and then has to leave. Another
small freighter with refugees aboard waits in Monrovia's harbour
for permission to leave. 13 May: The "Bulk Challenge" is allowed
back into Takoradi to take on medical supplies. About 100
passengers are allowed to disembark before the ship finally
leaves port. Ghana says it does not want to encourage an exodus
of refugees from Liberia because West African peacekeepers
planned to make Monrovia a safe haven within the next couple of
days. 14 May: Further news is received that the "Bulk Challenge"
has turned back to Takoradi. The passengers are allowed to
disembark and they are taken to a special camp. A smaller vessel,
the "Victory Reefer" arrives in Sierra Leone with 900 refugees
from Liberia. International aid agencies are now preparing for
a mass exodus of desperate Liberians. (ANB-BIA, Brussels, 15 May
1996)

* Niger. Referendum
Environ 4,5 millions d'electeurs etaient appeles, dimanche 12
mai, a se prononcer par referendum sur un nouveau projet de
constitution de type presidentiel. C'est la premiere etape d'un
retour a une vie democratique normale promise par les militaires
qui ont pris le pouvoir a la faveur d'un putsch, le 27 janvier
dernier. Le nouveau projet a ete approuve par environ 90% des
votants, mais le taux d'abstention atteint pres de 67%, selon des
resultats partiels communiques lundi par la commission
electorale. D'autre part, le Niger et le FMI ont signe, le 6 mai,
une lettre d'intention pour un programme d'ajustement structurel
renforce d'un montant de quelque 90 millions de dollars, a
annonce, samedi le premier ministre. (ANB-BIA, de sources
diverses, 14 mai 1996)

* Nigeria. Nnamdi Azikiwe -- "father of independent Nigeria" Dr
Nnamdi Azikiwe, who died on 14 April 1996, aged 91, was the
father of independent Nigeria. Azikiwe was born in Zungeru,
Northern Nigeria, into a world dominated by the British Empire.
He was educated at the Church Missionary Society Central School,
Onitsha; the Hope Waddell Training institute, Calabar; and the
Methodist Boys High School. Then followed a varied career until
eventually he made his way to the United States where he did
further studies at Storer College, the University of Pennsylvania
and Columbia University. He taught political science in Lincoln
University and returned to Africa with MA and MSc degrees. On his
return to Nigeria in 1937, he founded the newspaper, The West
African Pilot where he remained managing director for nearly 30
years. After a distinguished political career in Nigeria he
became Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of Nigeria, and
then the first president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria until
1996 when the military forced him out of power.
(ANB-BIA, Brussels, 14 May 1995)

* Rwanda/Former Yugoslavia. Tribunals lack support
On the eve of the first trial before an international criminal
court in half a century for war crimes and crimes against
humanity in the former Yugoslavia, Amnesty International strongly
criticises United Nations member states for not providing long-
term support for the two ad hoc International Criminal Tribunals
for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. Amnesty International says:
"We are seriously concerned that the international community's
failure to provide sufficient funding is undermining the
Tribunals'
work...This clearly shows a lack of political will -- it is
simply not enough for the UN and its member states to pay lip
service to their human rights commitments.
(IRIN wire, 9 May 1996)

* Rwanda/UN. Return of refugees
According to UNHCR, during the month of April, 3,533 refugees
returned to Rwanda through UNHCR assistance. This was a decrease
of 27% compared to March figures. UNHCR reports that increased
intimidation and administrative delays in organising visits by
Rwandese Government officials to camps and by refugees to Rwanda
were among the main reasons for the decrease, which was
experienced in all the countries of asylum. However, repatriation
increased slightly at the end of April when following a visit to
their home communes, 434 refugees returned from Burundi on 30
April. The process of issuing new identity cards to all Rwandese
citizens, which started in April 1996, is on-going. It is not
clear to what extent the exercise will affect spontaneous
repatriation i.e. refugees who return to Rwanda without UNHCR
assistance.
(UN Humanitarian Coord., Rwanda, 13 May 1996)

* Sahara Occidental. Suspension du recensement?
Le secretaire general de l'ONU, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, a
recommande, jeudi 9 mai, la suspension du processus de
recensement du corps electoral lie a la preparation du referendum
au Sahara occidental "jusqu'a ce que les protagonistes apportent
des preuves convaincantes montrant qu'ils etaient decides a la
reprendre sans mettre de nouveaux obstacles". Dans un rapport au
Conseil de securite, M.Boutros-Ghali a indique que les membres
de la commission de recensement allaient etre retires a la fin
du mois, et il a souhaite la prolongation du mandat de la Minurso
(mission de l'ONU pour un referendum au Sahara Occidental) avec,
cependant, une reduction de 20% de son effectif.
(Le Monde, France, 11 mai 1996)

* Tunisie. Inquietudes de la FIDH
La Federation internationale des ligues des droits de l'homme
(FIDH) s'est publiquement inquietee, samedi 11 mai, a Paris, de
la disparition, vendredi, a Tunis, du directeur executif de
l'Institut arabe des droits de l'homme (IADH), Frei Fenniche.
Attendu vendredi soir a Montpellier, ou il devait participer a
un colloque, M. Fenniche avait ete accompagne par des amis, en
debut d'apres-midi, jusqu'a l'aeroport de Tunis-Carthage. Le
dirigeant de l'IADH aurait ete arrete, a l'aeroport, vendredi 10,
"par la police politique" du ministere de l'Interieur --dont on
connait le zele en matiere d'interrogatoire -- et serait detenu
au secret. Ses documents lui ont ete confisques. Selon certaines
sources, M. Fenniche, accuse de detenir des documents
"subversifs", devait etre presente, lundi, devant la justice.
Mais, mardi, en fin de matinee, ni son entourage, ni ses avocats
ne savaient de quel delit M. Fenniche aurait pu se rendre
coupable.
(Le Monde, France, 14-15 mai 1996)

* Ouganda. Un nouveau groupe rebelle
Apres l'Armee de resitance du Seigneur (LRA), un nouveau groupe
de rebelles fait parler de lui. Le groupe, qui se presente comme
l'Armee de liberation du peuple du Nil equatorial (ENPLA: La
lance et le bouclier du peuple) se dit pret a lancer "une revolte
militaire multi-dimensionnelle et sur tous les fronts". Il entend
lutter pour l'etablissement d'un regime libre et democratique en
Ouganda. Le chef de ce groupe serait un certain Obiara David
Anjoti, et le porte-parole du mouvement Apa Muhangazima. L'ENPLA,
qui se manifeste pour la premiere fois, aurait ete forme en juin
1994 et dit beneficier du soutien d'ouvriers, de paysans,
etudiants et intellectuels.
(Afrique Express, France, 2 mai 1996)

* Uganda. Election details
9 May: Large numbers of Ugandans queued at polling stations in
Kampala and voting began after delays as Uganda's first
presidential election in 16 years got off to a slow start.
International monitors at one polling station in an eastern
suburb of the Ugandan capital said overall they were impressed
by organisation for the poll. Police patrolled the main roads and
some Local Defence Unit militiamen armed with AK-47 rifles were
visible in some areas. "They started about 10 or so minutes late
but the important thing is that everyone gets a chance to vote,"
said a Swedish election monitor at a polling station at Kasubi
primary school. Late on the night of 8 May, election officials
said that ballot papers had been sent to all the 15,992 polling
stations in 39 districts in Uganda and they expected a high
turnout for the first presidential poll since 1980. 10 May:
Yoweri Museveni looks set for victory. Paul Ssemogerere, the
opposition leader, says he wants a recount of ballots cast in
Kampala and claims there has been widespread rigging. 11 May:
President Museveni hails his victory as proof that his home-grown
style of democracy is a success and vows to end the rebellion in
the north. He receives 74.2% of votes cast. Paul Ssemogerere
receives 23.7%. 12 May: Yoweri Museveni is worn in as President.
The inauguration is attended by the leaders of Burundi, Kenya,
Rwanda and Tanzania. (ANB-BIA, Brussels, 13 May 1996)

* Zambia. Controversial constitution bill
8 May: Members of Zambia's main opposition party, the United
National Independence Party (UNIP), walk out of parliament in
protest against the refusal by government to withdraw the
controversial constitution bill. The 23 opposition members of
parliament, led by Patrick Mvunga, are also protesting against
the citizenship clause requiring only Zambians with both parents
born in Zambia to vie for the post of president of the country.
If adopted, the clause will bar former President Kenneth Kaunda,
the UNIP leader, from challenging incumbent President Frederick
Chiluba. Kaunda had Malawian parents. 9 May: President Chiluba
stresses that there is no political crisis in Zambia over the
adoption of the draft constitution.
(ANB-BIA, Brussels, 10 May 1996)

* Zaire. Le monastere de Mokoto, pille
Seize moines trappistes ont du fuir, samedi 12 mai, leur
monastere de Mokoto, a l'est du Zaire, qui a ete pille depuis.
Dans l'eglise de la paroisse qu'ils ont quittee, avaient trouve
refuge 800 Tutsi, menaces par un groupe de 200 a 300 jeunes armes
de machettes et de grenades. La communaute etait installee depuis
1954 dans ce site isole au coeur du Kivu, frontalier avec le
Rwanda. La region avaient accueilli plus d'un million de refugies
hutu apres le genocide de 1994. La situation n'a cesse d'empirer,
degenerant en conflits violents entre refugies rwandais et
populations locales. Le monastere de Mokoto etait menace,
plusieurs moines dont le prieur, le P. Dhelo, etant d'origine
tutsi. Deux religieux francais, le Fr. Pierre et le P. Victor,
viennent de Tamie. Sains et saufs, les moines ont trouve refuge
pres de Goma.
(ANB-BIA, de sources diverses, 13-14 mai 1996)



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@TIT_INF_2 = AFRIQUE
Titre: Ces Congolais qui epousent le bouddhisme
Source: Jeune Afr. Econ., 6 mai 1996
Auteur: Dalphine Marie
Description: Dans un temple buddhiste pres de Pretoria, une
vingtaine de jeunes Congolais se preparent a devenir moines. Le
bouddhisme cherche a prendre pied en terre africaine, ou se
durcit la lutte entre la Chine et Taiwan.
@TIT_INF_2 = BURUNDI
Title: Humanitarian Situation Report. 6-11 May 1996
Source: UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs. 14 May. (Please
quote when ordering).
Description: The Report states that rebel attacks and violent
clashes between armed insurgents and national forces are now
generally concentrated in the central and northwest provinces.
It deals with recent attacks; the situation of Rwandan/Burundian
refugees; humanitarian activities.
@TIT_INF_2 = SOUTH AFRICA
Title: South Africa's Truth Commission
Source: APIC, 10 May 1996 (Please quote when ordering)
Description: South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission
convened its first hearings on 15 April 1996. This document
summarizes the history and the key issues confronting the Truth
Commission.
Title: Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Source: Truth and Reconciliation Commission Summary 6-12 May 1996
(Please quote when ordering)
Description: What actually takes place during the Commission's
hearings? The Summary lists the subjects covered during the
period 6-12 May.
@TIT_INF_2 = ZAIRE
Title: Situation Report on Masisi and Rutshuru, North Kivu, Zaire
Source: IRIN, 10 May 1996 (Please quote when ordering)
Description: During March and April there have been a number of
significant developments relating to the conflict in Masisi zone
of North Kivu, eastern Zaire. This report describes these
developments and follows a recent UN Department of Humanitarian
Affairs assessment mission to Masisi and Rutshuru.


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