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...
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WFP Emergency Report No. 50 of 1996: East Africa
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...
Great lakes Briefing Notes
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...
Large numbers of Interahamwe among repatriating refugees
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...
SCF Situation Update 17/12/96
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...
The Flow of Rwandan Refugees Continues across the Border from Tanzania to Rwanda
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...
Tanzania, Aid Workers Face "We Would Rather Die" Movement Among Rwandan Refugees
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...
Thousands of Rwandan refugees continue to return home from Tanzania
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...
SCF Situation Update 16/12/96
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...
Rwanda's President Says Extremists are Slowing the Flow of Refugees
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...
IRIN Emergency Update No. 57 on the Great Lakes
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...
Great Lakes Update Fact Sheet No.4
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)...
WFP Eastern Zaire Situation Report No. 37
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...
Thousands of Rwandan refugees flee to avoid Tanzanian repatriation
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...
More Than 100000 Rwandan Refugees Remain Outside Their Camps in Western Tanzania
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...
Central Africa Situation Update
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...
IRIN Emergency Update No. 55 on the Great Lakes
[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...
More Rwandan Refugees Flee Camps in Tanzania
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...
Next Crisis in Central Africa: The Tanzania-Burundi Border
Judith Matloff, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor BUJUMBURA, BURUNDI -- Anzania may be the next point of tension in Central Africa. Pressure is mounting as Burundian Hutu rebels, routed...
IRIN Emergency Update No. 54 on the Great Lakes
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. 54 on the Great...