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01 Oct 2001

Burundi + 3 others
Fighting claims 14 lives around strategic Kindu in DRC: rebels

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— Agence France-Presse
KIGALI, Oct 1 (AFP) - Rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo fought off a joint assault by government troops and their militia allies on the strategic town of Kindu at a cost of at least 14 lives, the rebels said.
"The assailants, a combined group of the Congolese Armed Forces, Interahamwe (Rwandan Hutu extremist militia) and Mai-Mai (local tribal militias), with the latter predominant, briefly seized the town and part of the airport," rebel spokesman Jean-Pierre Lola Kisanga said late Sunday.

His Rwandan-backed Congolese Democratic

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30 Sep 2001

Burundi + 5 others
Great Lakes Region: Affected Populations, Refugees and Internally Displaced (September 2001)

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30 Sep 2001

Afghanistan + 13 others
ICBL Landmine Update Sep 2001

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Covering April - August 2001
The Landmine Update is the International Campaign to Ban Landmines' quarterly newsletter. This edition is followed by a calendar of upcoming events and list of available new resources. To date, 141 countries have signed the Mine Ban Treaty, and 120 have ratified it. The most recent accessions are Eritrea (27 August) and Congo Brazzaville (4 May) while recent ratifications include Chile (10 September), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1 August), Uruguay (7 June), Guinea Bissau (22 May), Cape Verde (14 May), Malta (7 May) and Sierra Leone (25 April).

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30 Sep 2001

Uganda + 1 other
Refugee Law Project Working Paper No. 3 - Refugees in Arua district, Uganda: A human security analysis

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— Refugee Law Project
1 INTRODUCTION
This report is the second of four reports that focus on assessing and analysing the security situation for Sudanese refugees living in northern Uganda. The reports were instigated by recurrent complaints made to the Refugee Law Project's Legal Aid and Counselling department suggesting that there are a number of refugees who do not feel safe living in settlements in Uganda's northern districts, due to external threats. The first report, "Refugees and the Security Situation in Adjumani District", demonstrated that in Adjumani district there are two main sources
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28 Sep 2001

Democratic Republic of the Congo + 2 others
Agreement, funds short ahead of DR Congo peace talks: mediator

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— Agence France-Presse
by Emmanuel Giroud
NAIROBI, Sept 28 (AFP) - Preparations for peace talks among the government, the political opposition and rebel movements in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have run into last-minute obstacles, a mediator said Friday.

The representation in negotiations of DRC militia forces is one problem and finance is another, said Hacen Ould Lebatt, the troubleshooter mediating among parties ahead of the talks due to begin on October 15 in Addis Ababa.

"October 15, that's still the working scenario date for the mediation team, but there are difficulties and some

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28 Sep 2001

Democratic Republic of the Congo + 6 others
Governments responsible for violence against children

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(Geneva, September 28, 2001) Violence against children is a bigger problem than governments acknowledge, and in fact is often carried out by officials of the state, Human Rights Watch charged in a new study released today. (available online at: http://www.hrw.org/reports/2001/children/ )
Human Rights Watch called on governments to take stronger measures to protect children from abuse and urged the United Nations to undertake an international study of violence against
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27 Sep 2001

Eritrea + 3 others
Humanitarian assistance to the Republic of the Sudan: Report of the Secretary-General (A/56/412)

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A/56/412
Fifty-sixth session
Agenda item 20 (b)
Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, including special economic assistance: special economic assistance to individual countries or regions

I. Introduction

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24 Sep 2001

Angola + 5 others
Guide to humanitarian & development efforts of InterAction member agencies in DR-Congo

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21 Sep 2001

Burundi + 4 others
IRIN-CEA Weekly Round-up 90 covering the period 15 - 21 Sep 2001

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DRC: 6,000 Interahamwe to be handed over

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is ready to hand over to Rwanda 6,000 Hutu Interahamwe militia and ex-FAR (pro-Hutu ex-Rwandan Armed Forces), the Rwanda News Agency reported on Tuesday, quoting Leonard She Okitundu, the DRC foreign minister.

"Our government shall no longer accept rebel groups from neighbouring countries to fight their home government from the Congolese territory," he said.

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21 Sep 2001

Burundi + 4 others
Bulletin hebdomadaire d'information 90 pour l'Afrique Centrale et de l'Est

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(du 17 au 21 septembre 2001)

RDC: 6 000 Interahamwe doivent être livrés au Rwanda

La République démocratique du Congo (RDC)

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20 Sep 2001

Angola + 3 others
Namibian president due in Angola over DR Congo withdrawals

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— Agence France-Presse
LUANDA, Sept 20 (AFP) - Namibian President Sam Nujoma was due Thursday in Angola for talks on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) after Namibia pulled its 2,000 troops out of that country, officials said in Luanda.
Nujoma will meet President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who also sent troops to support the Kinshasa government in August 1998 against rebel movements backed by Rwanda and Uganda.

The Angolan government has never disclosed how many soldiers it has in the DRC, with which it has a border, unlike the other countries which sent troops. Zimbabwe has revealed that as many

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20 Sep 2001

Democratic Republic of the Congo + 2 others
Mai-Mai militias 'control' eastern DR Congo outside big towns

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— Agence France-Presse
by Michel Cariou
KINSHASA, Sept 20 (AFP) - Mai-Mai militia forces allied to the Kinshasa government said Thursday they held most of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, outside big towns in the hands of rebels backed by Rwanda and Uganda.

"The big towns are under the control of the aggressors, but the interior of the Nord-Kivu, Sud-Kivu, Maniema and Orientale provinces make up the territory we hold with the support of the people," Mai-Mai leader Joseph Padiri said in a statement.

During the war that has engulfed the

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20 Sep 2001

Angola + 6 others
IRIN Update 1270 for the Great Lakes

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DRC: South Africa to increase military contingent

South Africa could soon increase its military contingent in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to 150, South African news agency, SAPA, reported.

It quoted South African Defence Minister Mosiuoa Lekota as saying on Thursday that he intended to ask for another

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20 Sep 2001

Angola + 6 others
Bulletin quotidien d'information No. 1270 pour la région des Grands Lacs

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RDC: L'Afrique du Sud prévoit d'augmenter son contingent militaire

L'Afrique du Sud pourrait bientôt augmenter son contingent militaire en République démocratique du Congo (RDC), pour atteindre un effectif total de 150 hommes, a informé l'Agence de presse sud-africaine SAPA.

Selon la SAPA, le ministre sud-africain de la défense, Mosiuoa Lekota, a fait part jeudi de son intention de réclamer

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18 Sep 2001

Democratic Republic of the Congo + 2 others
DRC to hand over 6,000 militia to Rwanda

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NAIROBI, September 18 (Xinhuanet) -- The Democratic Republic of the Congo (RDC) is ready to hand over 6,000 EX-FAR and Interahamwe militia who have for the last six years been fighting Rwandan government forces, the Rwanda News Agency (RNA) reported on Tuesday.
In an exclusive interview with RNA on Monday, DRC Minister of Foreign affairs and International Cooperation Leonard Okitundu said that "Our government shall no longer accept the rebel groups from neighboring countries to fight their home government from the Congolese territory".

He disclosed that 6,000 EX-FAR are going

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18 Sep 2001

Uganda + 1 other
Uganda expects to open embassy in Sudan this month

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— Agence France-Presse
KAMPALA, Sept 18 (AFP) - Uganda expects its embassy in the Sudanese capital to reopen by the end of this month, furthering a process of restoring diplomatic ties which were severed in 1995, a foreign ministry official said Tuesday.

Paul Mukumbya, the new acting consul at the Ugandan embassy in Khartoum, left for the capital of Uganda's northern neighbour on Friday, the acting permanent secretary in the ministry James Mugume told AFP.

Tha acting consul will be joined later this month by new Charge d'Affaires Akubakar Nadduli, a former deputy head

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18 Sep 2001

Bosnia and Herzegovina + 6 others
JRS Dispatches No. 99

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— Jesuit Refugee Service
Twice monthly news bulletin from the Jesuit Refugee Service International office
REFUGEE NEWS BRIEFINGS

CONCERN ABOUT ANTI-REFUGEE BACKLASH FOLLOWS US ATTACKS

The horrific attacks on the New York World Trade Center and other locations in the US have left the world with a deep sense of loss and outrage. Sympathy has poured in for the immense grief caused by the tragedy that has hit the US. However, concern has also been voiced about violent reactions of anger and revenge directed at innocent people. Several mosques in US cities and Arab Americans have been threatened

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18 Sep 2001

Central African Republic + 3 others
IRIN Update 1268 for the Great Lakes

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DRC: Warring parties ask UN to send more troops

The main warring parties in the DRC have asked the UN to accelerate the deployment of peacekeeping troops to help disarm militia groups in the country, Reuters reported Sunday. The call came in Kigali after a meeting of government ministers and rebel representatives

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18 Sep 2001

Central African Republic + 3 others
Bulletin quotidien d'information No. 1268 pour la région des Grands Lacs

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RDC: Les parties belligérantes demandent à l'ONU d'envoyer plus de troupes

Les principales parties belligérantes en RDC ont demandé à l'ONU d'accélérer le déploiement des forces de maintien de la paix afin d'aider à désarmer les milices du pays, a rapporté dimanche Reuters. L'appel a été lancé par Kigali à l'issue d'une réunion entre ministres

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