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Examines how 1.5 million people who fled war-torn Rwanda are still living in refugee camps. The April 1994 campaign of genocide; Reluctance of refugees to leave the camps; Dilemma facing the international community as it struggles to end Rwanda's suffering; Comments by Maj.-Gen. Guy Tousignant, commander of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda.

The article profiles Rwandan-born Canadian resident Tarcisse Ruhamyandekwe, who was inspired to join the Canadian Army Reserve after seeing the bravery of Canadian General Roméo Dallaire, who commanded a United Nations peacekeeping force in Rwanda during the 1990s genocide. Special focus is given to how the Toronto Scottish Regiment he joined treated him as an equal rather than an outsider because he was a refugee.

Focuses on the Rwandan refugees streaming across the border in to Zaire, to escape a near-apocalyptic bloodbath. Outbreak of cholera, lack of food and water and more that is adding to their misery; Pledges of aid from Canada and the United States; Efforts of the United Nations to help refugees.

Reports that about 100,000 Rwandan Hutu refugees disappeared from their camps in east Zaire shortly after rebel fighters sealed the area from aid agencies for a supposed military operation. The United Nations search for the refugees near rebel-held Kisangani.

Reports on 15,000 Rwandan Hutu refugees forced to leave Zaire. Fear of reprisal by Tutsis in Rwanda when the Hutus return.

Pictures Sadako Ogata, the United Nations high commissioner for refugees, greeting thousands of Rwandans still in a refugee camp in Zaire. Ethnic violence that killed between half a million and a million people in their country in 1994; Deployment of a new Zairean security force to bring order to the camps.

Focuses on life in Goma's refugee camps in eastern Zaire. Squalor, disease and death which prevail; Comments by Hutu refugee on his desire to take back his home in Rwanda from the Tutsis; Slaughter of 500,000 Tutsis by Hutu militiamen; Hate which abounds; Rumblings of violence in Burundi; No end in sight for the death and despair.

Describes some of the dire conditions faced by Rwandan refugees. Actions of bandits from the Hutu tribe; Details of decision to send Canadian peacekeepers to Rwanda; News about the Canadian Airborne Regiment.

Reports on conditions in the refugee camps in Goma, Zaire, where disease and lack of water have killed at least 20,000 people since mid-July 1994. Canada dispatched food, medicine and 160 troops to the region last week; Fears of Hutus about returning to Rwanda.

Discusses how hundreds of thousands of refugees have crossed over the border from war-ravaged Rwanda into Zaire. Ethnic turmoil in the central African nation; Problems that aid agencies are having in dealing with the refugees.