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L'existence de centaines de milliers de réfugiés du conflit rwandais est suspendue aux carlingues des avions de l'ONU
Card Number 36415
Number
36415
Author
Matausch, Catherine
Author
Le Ficher, Gaëlle
Date
16 juillet 1994
Ymd
19940715
Time
19:00:00
Time zone
CEST
Uptitle
Journal de 19 heures [1/2]
Title
L'existence de centaines de milliers de réfugiés du conflit rwandais est suspendue aux carlingues des avions de l'ONU
Subtitle
Gisenyi serait tombée ce soir entre les mains du FPR.
Size
20623 bytes
Pages nb.
2
Source
Public records
Type
Transcription d'une émission de télévision
Language
FR
Abstract
- While awaiting an imminent ceasefire in Rwanda, humanitarian aid is slowly being organized in Goma, Zaire, where more than half a million people have sought refuge.
- The survival of hundreds of thousands of refugees from the Rwandan conflict hinges on UN aircraft. So far, 14 planes have been scheduled to transport plastic sheeting, blankets, and—above all—food to the refugee camps north of Goma.
- Fourteen tons of rice transported by the Red Cross have already arrived in Goma. A cargo plane has taken off from London carrying 11 truckloads of food and medical supplies.
- Starting tomorrow [July 17], an airlift comprising four daily flights is expected to deliver 160 tons of food and survival supplies each day.
- For here, in the Red Cross and UN camps, there are no facilities to accommodate the flood of refugees—not even water, which must be pumped from Lake Kivu.
- Today, the influx of refugees into the Zairian town of Goma is slowing slightly. However, more than 350,000 of them reached Goma yesterday [July 15], and another 500,000 are reported to have joined the exodus.
- As Rwanda empties out, the situation on the ground remains unclear: the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) confirms that a ceasefire is imminent but has not specified a date. Fighting continues between the RPF and government forces in the Gisenyi region. Gisenyi reportedly fell into RPF hands this evening.
- Meanwhile, since the launch of Operation Turquoise in Rwanda, a French soldier was slightly wounded today by the RPF; however, a French military official stated that this was a case of mistaken identity.
- The survival of hundreds of thousands of refugees from the Rwandan conflict hinges on UN aircraft. So far, 14 planes have been scheduled to transport plastic sheeting, blankets, and—above all—food to the refugee camps north of Goma.
- Fourteen tons of rice transported by the Red Cross have already arrived in Goma. A cargo plane has taken off from London carrying 11 truckloads of food and medical supplies.
- Starting tomorrow [July 17], an airlift comprising four daily flights is expected to deliver 160 tons of food and survival supplies each day.
- For here, in the Red Cross and UN camps, there are no facilities to accommodate the flood of refugees—not even water, which must be pumped from Lake Kivu.
- Today, the influx of refugees into the Zairian town of Goma is slowing slightly. However, more than 350,000 of them reached Goma yesterday [July 15], and another 500,000 are reported to have joined the exodus.
- As Rwanda empties out, the situation on the ground remains unclear: the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) confirms that a ceasefire is imminent but has not specified a date. Fighting continues between the RPF and government forces in the Gisenyi region. Gisenyi reportedly fell into RPF hands this evening.
- Meanwhile, since the launch of Operation Turquoise in Rwanda, a French soldier was slightly wounded today by the RPF; however, a French military official stated that this was a case of mistaken identity.