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27 Dec 1996

United Republic of Tanzania
FEWS Bulletin

Report
— US Agency for International Development
Poor Rains in Tanzania
Tanzania's November rainfall was very poor in many areas of short-rains production (figure 1). The northeastern Regions of Arusha, Kilimanjaro, and Tanga remained mostly dry throughout November, at a time when the rains normally permit planting of short-rains crops. As a result, farmers in these regions may decide not to plant short-rains crops at all, opting to wait for the onset of the long-rains season in March.

Most districts in Kagera and Mwanza Regions received rainfall that was well below average. In Karagwe District (Kagera

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20 Dec 1996

United Republic of Tanzania
Great lakes Briefing Notes

Report
— UN High Commissioner for Refugees
GREAT LAKES
We are concerned about the way in which people have reportedly been arrested on return to eastern Rwanda from Tanzania and we are raising this with the Rwandan authorities. We have heard reports that people are being arrested in some areas as suspected genocide perpetrators on the basis of accusations levelled by individual members of the public. However it's not entirely clear whether these people might have been taken into custody for their own protection. In these areas people have a tendency to take the law into their own hands and those identified by the public
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20 Dec 1996

United Republic of Tanzania
WFP Emergency Report No. 50 of 1996: East Africa

Report
— World Food Programme
PART I - HIGHLIGHTS
(Details below in Part II)
A. EAST AFRICA: REGIONAL OPERATION FOR BURUNDI, RWANDA, ZAIRE AND TANZANIA. Information as of 19 December.

1. Tanzania

a) Refugees who left the Ngara camps on 12 and 13 December cross into Rwanda throughout the week.

b) Repatriation from the Karagwe camps scheduled to begin on 18 December. Some 120,000 Rwandan refugees remain in or near the Karagwe camps. Way stations being established between Karagwe and Rusumo border point.

2. Rwanda

a) Massive influx of returning Rwandan

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19 Dec 1996

United Republic of Tanzania
Large numbers of Interahamwe among repatriating refugees

Report
— CARE
60,000 Rwandan refugees crossed border from Tanzania Tuesday, bringing total to 200,000 so far
Another 160,000 on the way

[Dec 19, 1996] "This repatriation has solved Rwandas insurgency problems, but now the country faces the challenge of internal security. There will be a lull while everyone goes home and people will keep their heads down. But in a few months time its going to revert to how it was before -- people being picked off before they can give evidence, political assassinations, internal insurgency. The government

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17 Dec 1996

United Republic of Tanzania
SCF Situation Update 17/12/96

Report
— Save the Children
Tanzania
UNHCR estimates that about 150,000 refugees have returned to Rwanda from Tanzania to date; 105,000 of whom returned yesterday.

Benaco, Musuhura and Kitali camps in Ngara are now empty and way stations have been established between Karagwe and Ngara.

Reports suggest that about 86,000 refugees from three camps in Karagwe (Chabilisa I, Chabilisa II and Omakariro) are on the move towards Rusumo and the border with Rwanda.

SCF UK is working to prevent the separation of children from their families in the camps in Karagwe during the repatriation

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17 Dec 1996

United Republic of Tanzania
The Flow of Rwandan Refugees Continues across the Border from Tanzania to Rwanda

Report
— Voice of America
DATE=12/17/96
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-207592
TITLE=RWANDA / REFUGEES (L ONLY)
BYLINE=CHRIS TOMLINSON
DATELINE=KIGALI
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: THE FLOW OF RWANDAN REFUGEES CONTINUES ACROSS THE BORDER FROM TANZANIA TO RWANDA. CHRIS TOMLINSON REPORTS ABOUT 330 REFUGEES ARE CROSSING THE BORDER EACH MINUTE.

TEXT: HERDING CATTLE BEFORE THEM AND CARRYING ALL THEIR BELONGINGS ON THEIR HEADS, RWANDAN REFUGEES CONTINUED THEIR PEACEFUL TREK HOME FROM NORTHWESTERN TANZANIA TUESDAY AFTER LIVING FOR MORE THAN TWO-AND-ONE-HALF YEARS IN SPRAWLING CAMPS

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17 Dec 1996

Democratic Republic of the Congo + 1 other
Update on the Great Lakes Region No. 27

Report
— UN Children's Fund
ZAIRE:
The situation of the refugees in the area around Lubutu continues to be dramatic. UNICEF ZAIRE Programme Coordinator Philippe Duamelle in Tingi-Tingi estimates that thousands of persons, in particular, children could die between now and Christmas unless a massive humanitarian intervention is undertaken.

Philippe is still in Tingi-Tingi, 7 km south of Lubutu, on the road between Kisangani and Bukavu. The situation he described yesterday has not improved. On the contrary, the refugees arriving now are in a very poor state of health and the humanitarian assistance

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16 Dec 1996

United Republic of Tanzania
Thousands of Rwandan refugees continue to return home from Tanzania

Report
— Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The United Nations refugee agency says thousands of Rwandan refugees are continuing to return home from neighbouring Tanzania.
Witnesses at the Rusomo border crossing say there is a solid mass of refugees filling the road to Rusomo for at least 14-kilometres.

Africa correspondent Ben Wilson reports.

More than 20 thousand Rwandan refugees have crossed the border at Rusomo in the past 24 hours, waiting at the frontier to greet them Rwandan President Pasteur Bizimungu, who's told the returnees they will be safe back in Rwanda. The the massive camps once

Australian Broadcasting Corporation:

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16 Dec 1996

United Republic of Tanzania
SCF Situation Update 16/12/96

Report
— Save the Children
Tanzania
Estimates suggest that about 7,000 refugees crossed the border at Kibungo into Rwanda on Saturday, 14 December. More returned on 15 December but numbers are not known as registration figures are still not available.

There is no indication that force has been used on the refugees. Unconfirmed reports suggest that there was some screening for arms taking place on the Rwandan side of the border.

Three way-stations have been set up on the Rwandan side of the border to deal with this new influx of refugees. They can be found along the route to the Nyakarimbi transit site,

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16 Dec 1996

Democratic Republic of the Congo + 2 others
Update on the Great Lakes Region No. 26

Report
— UN Children's Fund
Tanzania: Tens of thousands of Rwandan refugees are leaving the camps in north west and going home.
Zaire: In Eastern Zare, thousands of refugees are arriving in the Lubutu area in a much worse condition than seen previously - several are almost too weak to walk. According to Philippe Duamelle, who travelled on the road from Lubutu to Walikale, the refugees are in need of emergency medical assistance.

Tanzania/Rwanda:

After spending more than two and a half years in refugees camps in north-western Tanzania, thousands of Rwandans

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16 Dec 1996

United Republic of Tanzania
Tanzania, Aid Workers Face "We Would Rather Die" Movement Among Rwandan Refugees

Report
— Lutheran World Relief
New York and Ngara, Tanzania, Dec. 16 -- A long-expected chapter of the Rwandan refugee saga is unfolding in Tanzania. Rwandan refugees there are flooding toward home, but under duress. Tanzanian soldiers nudge them onward. Near the Rusumo River a ten-mile column is backed up at the bridge that many of these same people crossed in April and May of 1994. Lutheran World Federation workers provide aid and transport where they can.
"We would rather die in Tanzania than go back and be killed in Rwanda" is still in the minds of many
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15 Dec 1996

United Republic of Tanzania
Rwanda's President Says Extremists are Slowing the Flow of Refugees

Report
— Voice of America
DATE=12/15/96
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-207513
TITLE=RWANDA / REFUGEES (L)
BYLINE=SCOTT STEARNS
DATELINE=RUSUMO FALLS
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: RWANDA'S PRESIDENT SAYS EXTREMISTS ARE SLOWING THE FLOW OF RWANDAN REFUGEES FROM CAMPS IN WESTERN TANZANIA. AS V-O-A'S SCOTT STEARNS REPORTS, MORE THAN 15-THOUSAND PEOPLE HAVE CROSSED INTO RWANDA SINCE SATURDAY, AND ANOTHER 250-THOUSAND ARE REPORTED NEAR THE BORDER.

TEXT: PRESIDENT PASTEUR BIZIMUNGU SAYS THE GRIP OF INTIMIDATORS IN THE CAMPS HAS NOT YET BEEN BROKEN.

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14 Dec 1996

United Republic of Tanzania
IRIN Emergency Update No. 57 on the Great Lakes

Report
— IRIN
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. 57 on the Great Lakes (Saturday 14 December 1996)

- Tanzanian troops are surrounding groups of the more than 300,000 Rwandan refugees who left their camps in the Ngara area on Thursday and seeking to prevent them from dispersing, according to media reports. Aid agencies and journalists are not being allowed access to these areas, fuelling speculation that the troops will make a concerted

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13 Dec 1996

United Republic of Tanzania
Thousands of Rwandan refugees flee to avoid Tanzanian repatriation

Report
— Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Hundreds of thousands of Rwandan Hutu refugees ordered to leave Tanzania have abandoned their camps to hide in nearby hills and avoid repatriation.
Africa correspondent Ben Wilson reports, more than a quarter of the half a million refugees living in Tanzania are now on the move.

The exodus from the camps leaves Tanzania's plans to repatriate the refugees by the end of the year in tatters. Aid agencies say more than one hundred thousand refugees have fled their camps and are dispersing into the Tanzanian bush after being told by Hutu extremists

Australian Broadcasting Corporation:

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13 Dec 1996

United Republic of Tanzania
More Than 100000 Rwandan Refugees Remain Outside Their Camps in Western Tanzania

Report
— Voice of America
DATE=12/13/96
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-207452
TITLE=RWANDAN REFUGEES (L)
BYLINE=SCOTT STEARNS
DATELINE=KIGALI
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: MORE THAN 100-THOUSAND RWANDAN REFUGEES REMAIN OUTSIDE THEIR CAMPS IN WESTERN TANZANIA, REFUSING TO GO HOME TO RWANDA OUT OF FEAR OF WHAT AWAITS THEM THERE. HUTU MILITIAS IN TANZANIA ARE SAID TO BE WARNING THE REFUGEES THAT THEY WILL BE KILLED IF THEY RETURN TO RWANDA. BUT AS V-O-A'S SCOTT STEARNS REPORTS, TANZANIA WANTS ALL THE REFUGEES TO RETURN TO RWANDA BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

TEXT: CAMPS THAT ONCE HELD

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13 Dec 1996

United Republic of Tanzania
Great Lakes Update Fact Sheet No.4

Report
— US Agency for International Development
Rwandan Refugees in Tanzania on the Move
Tanzania: The situation in the Tanzania refugee camps isevolving rapidly and confirmed information is sketchy. The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported that on December 12, Rwandan refugees began to pour out of the Ngara refugee camps in Western Tanzania and most camps are now partially or completely emptied. This includes Benaco camp, which previously held 150,000 and Lumasi camp, which previously held 113,000. Most refugees started to move east, but some were blocked by Tanzanian military troops. Those
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13 Dec 1996

United Republic of Tanzania
WFP Eastern Zaire Situation Report No. 37

Report
— World Food Programme
TANZANIA:
Approximately 400,000 refugees from Kitali Hills, Lumasi, Benaco, Keza and Mushuhura have left the camps in Ngara and were reported on 12 and 13 December to be moving southeast from Ngara in what seemed to be an effort to avoid repatriation to Rwanda. The majority of these populations had received a two-week WFP food ration before they dispersed and are said to be carrying all of their possessions with them. However, as of the afternoon of 13 December, it has been reported that many refugees (numbers unknown) are now heading towards the border
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13 Dec 1996

United Republic of Tanzania
Central Africa Situation Update

Report
— Save the Children
Tanzania
There are reports of large numbers of refugees on the move from camps in Tanzania. The majority are from camps in Ngara district. Refugees at Kitali Hills began to leave yesterday morning and other camps in the area began to follow suit by that evening. Two of the largest Ngara camps, Benaco and Lumasi, are now practically empty.

Small numbers of refugees are also reported to be leaving Kagenyi, Rubwera and Omukariro camps in Karagwe district (where SCF UK has been working for the last two and a half years) at night.

SCF UK is concerned about the impact

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12 Dec 1996

United Republic of Tanzania
IRIN Emergency Update No. 55 on the Great Lakes

Report
— IRIN
[In view of the evolving situation in the Great Lakes, IRIN is to broaden the scope of its daily update to include significant events throughout the region.]
Some 35,000 refugees in Tanzania's Ngara region have left Kitali camp, but instead of returning to Rwanda as expected, they went further into Tanzania, WFP said. At a crossroads, where they could have headed for Rwanda, they turned instead towards Isaka in north-central Tanzania. Further north in Karagwe, 7,000-8,000 refugees are reported to have left the camps to establish unofficial settlements. WFP said they
IRIN:

A selection of IRIN reports are posted on ReliefWeb. Find more IRIN news and analysis at http://www.irinnews.org

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This article does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations or its agencies. Refer to the IRIN copyright page for conditions of use.

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12 Dec 1996

United Republic of Tanzania
More Rwandan Refugees Flee Camps in Tanzania

Report
— Reuters - AlertNet
NGARA, Tanzania (Reuter) - Some 35,000 Rwandan Hutu refugees abandoned camps in northwestern Tanzania overnight and others continue to join the exodus to avoid being sent back to Rwanda, U.N. refugee agency officials said on Thursday.
Heavily armed Tanzanian army troops moved into the area around the camps on Thursday but it was unclear whether they would be used to force the refugees back to their camps.

UNHCR officials told Reuters that the refugees fled camps at Kitale, Lukole and Keza and were heading southeast in hopes of reaching Zambia and Malawi.

Reuters - AlertNet:



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