Le FPR a beau annoncer que la guerre est finie, les réfugiés continuent d'affluer à la frontière zaïroise

Duprat, Florence

Barnier, Cécile

18 juillet 1994

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Le FPR a beau annoncer que la guerre est finie, les réfugiés continuent d'affluer à la frontière zaïroise

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- "The war in Rwanda is over", so declared General Kagame, the strongman of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), which now controls almost the entire country.
- Even as the RPF moves to end hostilities, Rwanda is in the grip of a genuine humanitarian catastrophe. This is particularly evident in Goma, on the Zairian border, where yesterday [July 17] several shells struck a refugee camp.
- They search among the bodies, perhaps looking for a parent or a child. Around a hundred people are dead, killed by mortar shells or trampled in the ensuing panic. A hundred dead and dozens of wounded, not all of whom can be saved.
- Faced with this indescribable horror, the survivors stand dazed, seemingly stunned by the sheer scale of the tragedy. Meanwhile, the list of orphans grows longer; a makeshift register discreetly labels them "unaccompanied children".
- An ICRC doctor explains: "You know there are over a million displaced people dying along the roads for lack of water and food. Plus, there are 300 wounded soldiers waiting in a nearby camp. So, this just adds to the tragedy already unfolding".
- A tragedy, a looming humanitarian disaster. A million Rwandan refugees are at risk, threatened not only by the fighting but also by dysentery, malaria, and a water shortage that is becoming critically severe.
- Despite the RPF's announcement that the war is over, refugees continue to pour across the border into Zaire, at Goma, and further south at Bukavu.

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