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Zaire - Update on situation
Zaire's mainly Tutsi rebels claimed on Wednesday (20/11) that they would take their military campaign all the way to Kinshasa now that the Rwandan refugees were no longer impeding them.
In Kigali, meanwhile, Rwanda's strongman Paul...
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South Africa - Talks to end civil war in Zaire
Talks aimed at ending the civil war in Zaire will continue on Saturday after Thursday's successful meeting between South African President Nelson Mandela and a special envoy of Zairean President Mobutu Sese Seko, South African officials...
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DR Congo - Refugees flood to Kinshasa
Central Brazzaville in Congo is clearly showing the signs of
nearly four months of war.
Meanwhile, international aid agencies based across the river in
Kinshasa have started a massive relief operation.
Thousands of Congolese fled over to...
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ZAIRE/CONGO: SITUATION UPDATE
French/Nat
Zairian rebels have reportedly taken another key town Friday, this time moving into the centre of the country and inching closer to the capital.
Mbuji-Mayi, the provincial capital of Eastern Kasai province, is home to the...
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WRAP DRC government soldiers in Kibati, aid delivered to IDP camp
1. Wide of internally displaced people (IDP) waiting for aid distribution
2. Various of IDP
3. Wide of Red Cross trucks
4. Aid workers next to buckets
5. Various of Red Cross workers unloading aid
6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr. Abdullah...
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US begins campaign to hunt down genocide suspects
Nairobi, Kenya - 12 June 2002
1. Ambassadors and judges from the tribunal
2. Journalists
3. Registrar for the Tribunal for Rwanda, Adama Dieng talking to UN official
4. Ambassador of the United States, Pierre Richard
5. "Wanted"...
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GNS French peacekeepers arrive in DRCongo
1. Various of French troops walking past with packs
2. French troops in vehicles
3. Vehicle with machine gun
4. SOUNDBITE (French) French Colonel (no name provided):
"There are a few dozen of us at the moment and I will have more...
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ZAIRE: KINSHASA: SITUATION UPDATE
French/Nat
The Clinton administration is urging Zaire's President Mobutu Sese Seko to resign and go into exile on Wednesday.
This unusually blunt message came as President Mobutu Sese Seko fired the new prime minister Etienne...
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Zimbabwe - Organisation of African Unity
More than 30 African leaders met in the Zimbabwean capital on Monday (2/6) for the 33rd annual summit of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), marked by the rebirth of Zaire as the Democratic Republic of Congo. Zimbabwean President...
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DR Congo rebel, government delegations hold talks
1. Various exteriors of approach to United Nations building
2. United Nations flag
3. Zoom out of delegates walking in for talks, led by UN envoy Olesegun Obasanjo
4. Close-up former Tanzanian president Benjamin Mkapa, former Nigerian...
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Rwanda and DR Congo sign peace deal
Pretoria, South Africa - 30 July 2002
1. Wide shot signing ceremony
2. Mid shot Rwandan President Paul Kagame sitting down with Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila and signing agreement
3. Various Kagame and Kabila...
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Zaire - State of emergency
Supporters of Zaire's embattled prime minister-designate vowed
to defy a state of emergency imposed by President Mobutu Sese
Seko and proceed with a planned demonstration on Wednesday
Announced on television Tuesday night, the state of...
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CONGO: KINSHASA: FORCES LOYAL TO KABILA BATTLE AGAINST REBELS
English/Nat
Forces still loyal to Laurent Kabila are battling rebel fighters on Kinshasa's eastern outskirts.
The sustained artillery and small arms battle came just one day after President Kabila returned to a capital whose defences...
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South Africa - Congo chief attends summit
President Laurent Kabila of the troubled Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) arrived in Durban on Wednesday (2/9) to attend a summit of the 113-nation Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). The ethnic conflict gripping the DRC is billed as one of...
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Zaire - Bolonga threatens crackdown on liberty
STORY: New Prime Minister
LOCATION: Kinshasa
General Bolonga threatens crackdown on liberty
General Likulia Bolongo, new Prime Minister walks into room;
VS Bolongo sitting behind table;
CA media;
SOT (FRENCH) Bolongo: "This...
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ZAIRE: KINSHASA: PRIME MINISTER BOLONGO VOWS TO DEFEND CAPITAL
French/Nat
Zaire's Prime Minister General Likulia Bolongo vowed Friday to defend the capital Kinshasa from advancing rebel forces led by Laurent Kabila.
Kabila's guerrillas have been clashing this week with forces of President Mobutu...
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ITALY/CONGO: US TROOPS PREPARE TO EVACUATE AMERICANS FROM ZAIRE
English/Nat
The first wave of a United States military task force arrived in central Africa Sunday, preparing for a possible evacuation of Americans from Zaire.
A huge C-17 transport plane that flew through the night from Aviano, Italy...
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Storm dampens further protests from disgruntled Bemba supporters in capital
1. Wide of downtown Kinshasa street in rain with a Kabila poster in the background
2. Mid of woman carrying a box with a "$" sign written on it
3. Zoom into man holding a newspaper with the headline reading "C'est Kabila," ("It's...
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ZAIRE: TINGI-TINGI: GOVERNMENT REFUSES TO NEGOTIATE WITH REBELS
French/Nat
Zaire's leaders have ruled out negotiations with rebels in the east, despite the rebel forces' advance on the country's third-largest city, Kisangani.
Government officials in the Zairian capital, Kinshasa, conceded that...
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Democratic Republic of Congo - Curfew
The rebellion in the Democratic Republic of Congo reached the capital Kinshasa for the first time Wednesday, where the government imposed a curfew while it tackled "invaders" claiming to control parts of the city. As government troops...
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DR Congo - Aftermath of devastating floods
Although the floods in DR Congo are over, aid agencies are warning disease and famine are threatening the population. Tens of thousands of people have been left homeless by the floods.
Aid agencies say the risk of cholera being extended...
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Woman mourns deaths of son, grandson in home pocked by bullet holes
The three-month-old rebellion of the M23 Movement in eastern Congo has killed an unknown number of people, wounded more than 500 and forced some 280-thousand people from their homes.
Villager Charlotte Ntibatekereza who lives in the town...
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Zaire - New prime minister
The French and American ambassadors to Zaire on Thursday (10/4) met new Zairean prime minister Likulia Bolongo to discuss the situation in the country. He replaces opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi, whom Mobutu cronies blocked from...
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ZAIRE: KINSHASA: LOCALS EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR REBEL LEADER KABILA
French/Nat
Zaireans in the capital of Kinshasa have been expressing their support for rebel leader Laurent Kabila following the fall of the city of Kisangani over the weekend.
Locals called for the resignation of President Mobutu Sese...