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1. To a nation dying young.

Author

Ransdell, Eric and Cooper, Matthew

Subjects
*CHOLERA, *DISEASES in refugees, *RWANDANS
Abstract

Examines how a cholera epidemic has turned tha Zairian border town of Goma into a death camp. Efforts of international medical organizations to lure an estimated 1.2 million Rwandan refugees back to their homes in order to help them; Intimidation of Central African politics that could thwart plan; Emergency appropriations sent by the United States; Difficulty facing United Nations peacekeeping force.

Published
1994

2. PHS mission to Goma, Zaire.

Author

Callaghan, Martina P. and Immerman, Bruce

Subjects
*RWANDANS, *REFUGEE camps, *REFUGEE children, *SOCIAL history
Abstract

Discusses the work of a 14-member Public Health Service (PHS) team that traveled to Goma, Zaire to deal with the overwhelming physical and emotional needs of refugee Rwandan children. Background information about the situation in Rwanda and Burundi; Conditions in the camps; Rescue work; Nutrition assessments; Health education classes; Fatal illness; More.

Published
1995

3. Fighting for life.

Author

Ellis, David and Slewka, Stephanie

Subjects
*REFUGEES, *RWANDANS, *CHOLERA, *MORTALITY
Abstract

Focuses on Jody Kasprow, a nurse from Vancouver, British Columbia, who is working to save Rwandan refugees. Description of her work at the Munigi field hospital, near Goma, Zaire; Increasing deaths from cholera; The group, CONCERN Worldwide.

Published
1994

4. Another day at the border.

Author

Nachtwey, James and Wooten, Jim

Subjects
*REFUGEES, *RWANDANS
Abstract

Focuses on Rwandan refugees' flight to Goma in eastern Zaire. Abandoned bodies on the road; Sad caricatures of life.

Published
1994

5. The roots of evil.

Author

Erasmus, Chris

Subjects
*RWANDANS, *REFUGEES, *REFUGEE camps, *SOCIAL history
Abstract

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.

Published
1994

6. `Hell on earth' in Zaire.

Subjects
*RWANDANS, *REFUGEE camps, *REFUGEES, *HEALTH
Abstract

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.

Published
1994

7. Troops deployed.

Subjects
REFUGEES, RWANDANS, REFUGEE camps, ARMED Forces
Abstract

Reports that Zaire has finished deploying 1,500 soldiers to provide security for Rwandan refugees in Goma camps.

Published
1995

8. Cholera's spread raises fear of toll of 40,000 Rwandans.

Author

Bonner, Raymond

Subjects
*REFUGEE camps, *RWANDANS, *CHOLERA, *INTERNATIONAL relief, *SOCIAL history
Abstract

Reports that cholera struck another refugee camp, and doctors say the epidemic may be more deadly than originally feared. Death and deprivation in the camps; American efforts; Lack of experienced people to handle food distribution; Zaire/Rwanda border closed; List of Rwanda relief agencies; Related articles: Airlift shifts into high gear to supply refugee camps (10); Aid workers struggle to keep up with dying (10); In Kigali, more people have gone than have stayed (10).

Published
1994

9. Aid for Rwandans starts to arrive at refuge in Zaire.

Author

Thomas, Jo

Subjects
*INTERNATIONAL relief, *RWANDANS, *REFUGEES, *SOCIAL history
Abstract

Reports on the first significant deliveries of food and cholera medicine to Goma, Zaire. Rwandan refugees continuing to flee at the rate of 2,000 an hour; Doctors Without Borders; United States aid totaling more than $120 million; Air installation to be set up in Entebbe, Uganda, to ship food, medicine and equipment to Zaire; Water difficult to reach; Problems at Goma airport; Hutus still fearful; United States' hopes for cooperation from new Rwandan government.

Published
1994

10. Rwandan Army in disarray at a camp on border.

Author

Bonner, Raymond

Subjects
*SOCIAL conditions of refugees, *INSURGENCY, *RWANDANS
Abstract

Reports that the Rwandan Army is spending its time drinking, wantonly firing weapons and looting lake-front villas instead of preparing to defend the border town of Gisenyi from the troops of the rebel Rwandan Patriotic Front, which refuses to agree to a cease-fire. The plight of the refugees waiting to cross the border into Zaire; The refugees in Goma.

Published
1994

11. A refugee camp hums with the spirit of home.

Author

Lorch, Donatella

Subjects
*REFUGEES, *RWANDANS, *REFUGEE camps
Abstract

Informs about the transformation of Mugunga and other refugees camps into the tent cities as a result of the immigration of Rwandan refugees in the Zaire. Note on the commercial developments in the area.

Published
1995

12. Next door to Rwanda, pillaged city picks itself up.

Author

Lorch, Donatella

Subjects
*REFUGEES, *RWANDANS, *ECONOMIC history
Abstract

Discusses the effects of an influx of Rwandan refugees, relief workers and Zairian soldiers on the economy of Goma in Zaire. Effect on tourism; Functioning of the private sector in Goma.

Published
1994

13. Untitled.

Author

Hanson, Cynthia and Nordahl, Peter

Subjects
*REFUGEES, *RWANDANS
Abstract

Presents a photograph showing a Rwandan refugee building his hut near Goma in Zaire on August 26, 1995.

Published
1995

14. Fearing home, refugees flee Zairian camps.

Author

Mbitiru, Chegu

Subjects
REFUGEES, RWANDANS, REFUGEE camps
Abstract

Reports on the flight of Rwandan and Burundian refugees from refugee camps in Goma, Zaire, in fear of forced expulsions by Zaire. Fear of refugees regarding their return to the hostile homelands; UN's demand for immediate end to the expulsions refused by Zaire; Background and antecedents of the refugee problem.

Published
1995

15. Zaire forces out Rwandan refugees.

Subjects
REFUGEE policy, RWANDANS
Abstract

Reports the expulsion of hundreds of Rwandan refugees living near Goma, Zaire, by the Zaire government. Related details.

Published
1995

16. Camp die-hard: Rwandans resist returning home.

Author

Buckley, Stephen

Subjects
REFUGEES, GENOCIDE, RWANDANS, REFUGEE camps, ETHNIC relations
Abstract

Reports on the conditions facing Rwandan Hutus in refugee camps in and around Goma in Zaire. Chances of Hutus return to Rwanda undermined by a genocide of Hutus at a refugee site in Rwanda; Rwandan government dominated by the Tutsi-led Rwandan Patriotic Front blamed for the genocide; Possibilities of a campaign of revenge by minority Tutsis in case of Hutus return to Rwanda.

Published
1995

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