Les forces gouvernementales et les rebelles se sont engagés à observer une trêve pendant la venue d'un émissaire du secrétaire général de l'ONU

Duprat, Florence

Bonnant, Romuald

23 mai 1994

19940523

07:30:00

CEST

Journal de 7 heures 30 [1:18]

Les forces gouvernementales et les rebelles se sont engagés à observer une trêve pendant la venue d'un émissaire du secrétaire général de l'ONU

L'aéroport de la Kigali et le camp militaire de Kanombe sont bombardés sans interruption depuis jeudi [19 mai] par les rebelles.

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- After weeks of horror, perhaps hope for a lull in Rwanda: government forces and rebels have pledged to observe a two-day truce.
- The only ones spared by the rebels of the Rwandan Patriotic Front: these teenagers and a woman who are accused of belonging to the government militia and of having assassinated rebels. It is impossible to say what fate awaits them. Just as difficult is it to know what happened to the soldiers of the regular forces who tried to flee to Kigali airport on board a convoy.
- The capital is now the target of the rebels. The city's airport and the nearby military camp of Kanombe have been shelled continuously since Thursday [May 19]. No UN flights were able to land on the runway due to artillery duels.
- But the next 48 hours should be calmer thanks to the ceasefire obtained by the UN with the rebels and the government forces. The two parties have pledged to stop their exchanges of fire during the visit of an envoy of the UN Secretary General.
- The UN special envoy must find common ground with the rebels to start a large-scale humanitarian operation. In a month and a half of fighting, 200,000 people were massacred. More than 500,000 others had to flee the country.

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