Pas de trêve au Rwanda où le carnage continue. Les rebelles ont encore gagné du terrain dans le Nord du pays

Duprat, Florence

Barnier, Cécile

22 avril 1994

19940422

07:30:00

CEST

Journal de 7 heures 30 [1:28]

Pas de trêve au Rwanda où le carnage continue. Les rebelles ont encore gagné du terrain dans le Nord du pays

Une nouvelle rencontre entre les belligérants pour tenter de ramener la paix est prévue samedi [23 avril] en Tanzanie.

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- No truce in Rwanda where the carnage continues. The rebels have further gained ground in the north of the country. A new meeting between the belligerents to try to bring peace is scheduled for Saturday [April 23] in Tanzania.
- Possibly 100,000 dead in the last two weeks. A real human tragedy is unfolding in Rwanda with almost general indifference.
- Fighting has spread across the country and Rwandan Patriotic Front forces claim to have gained ground in the north. The most total anarchy reigns: there is no longer any state, the interim government has fled. The last blue helmets leave the country. They have completed their mission to evacuate Westerners.
- On the spot, only a few humanitarian organizations try to bring a minimum assistance to the population, difficult assistance in the middle of this chaos. With them, the 2,500 men of the United Nations Special Mission. But until when?
- Jacques-Roger Booh-Booh, "United Nations Special Envoy to Rwanda": "If the two parties cooperate, we can help them. But we must be very clear: if they do not sign a ceasefire, we we won't stay here".
- The deadlock therefore seems total despite the talks announced for Saturday [April 23] in Tanzania. The Rwandan Patriotic Front will send a delegation but refuses to meet the government.