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SOUTH AFRICA: LAURENT KABILA IS EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE NEW GOVERNMENT
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The self-declared president of the new Democratic Republic of Congo, Laurent Kabila, is expected to announce his new government on Tuesday night.
South African Deputy President Thabo Mbeki said on Monday that the triumphant...
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African leaders demand M23 rebels halt advance and withdraw
1. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and delegates walking in for talks
2. President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Joseph Kabila and delegates walking in for talks
3. Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete and delegates walking...
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CONGO: AFRICAN DIPLOMATS MEET REBEL LEADERS
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Four African diplomats have met rebel leaders opposed to President Laurent Kabila in the eastern city of Goma.
They are in the country to determine whether Rwanda and Uganda have violated the Democratic Republic of Congo's...
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Congo - Rebels deny capture of lubutu
On Saturday (12/9) Radio Bukavu, run by Congolese rebels, denied the government's claim to have retaken the town of Lubutu, which links two rebel strongholds. Radio Bukavu, announced that opponents of President Laurent Kabila still held...
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DR CONGO: REBELS THREATEN TO ATTACK GOVERNMENT TROOPS
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Rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo are threatening to attack government troops for allegedly violating a ceasefire agreement signed last month.
APTN travelled to some of the rebel-held towns, where villagers are...
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UGANDA: DR CONGO REFUGEES SEEK SHELTER
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Tens of thousands of people are believed to have fled the Rwenzori mountain ranges which overlook the Democratic Republic of Congo, as a result of fighting in the area.
Congolese and Ugandan refugees are said to be afraid as...
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ZAIRE: GOVERNMENT AIRSTIKES AIM FOR "RADIO OF THE PEOPLE" ANTENNA
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For every cause, mass communications is the key to popular support and Eastern Zaire's rebel movement is no exception.
The only local media is the rebel-controlled "Radio of the People".
It's believed the Zairian government...
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Zaire - Food supplies severely restricted
It was apparent on Wednesday (30/4) that supplies of food and other goods to the Zairean capital, Kinshasa, were severely restricted following the fall of Kikwit to the rebels led by Laurent Kabila. The area around Kikwit usually...
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Zaire - Opposition spokesman addresses presser
The main opposition party in Zaire, the UDPS, has called on the Zairean government to negotiate with the rebel leadership, which now controls large parts of eastern Zaire.
At a news conference in the capital Kinshasa, the UDPS...
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CONGO: REBELS OFFER TO TALK PEACE WITH KABILA
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Congolese rebels offered to talk peace with President Laurent Kabila after the opposition force took control of a key western town that is the last major obstacle to the capital.
Rebel leaders on Wednesday made the surprise...
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Incumbent President Joseph Kabila declared election winner
1. High shot with zoom in to the town of Kinshasa
2. Wide of empty streets
3. Pan of MONUC (United Nations Organisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo) peacekeeper crossing the street with scores of Armoured Personal...
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Protest against violence in DR Congo in front of Downing Street
1. Wide of protesters with signs encouraging the British Government to take action immediately to help stop the conflict in Democratic Republic of Congo, sign reading: (English) "DR Congo crisis, act now"
2. Close of man holding sign...
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ZAIRE: PREPARATION FOR RETURN OF PRESIDENT MOBUTU SESE SEKO
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Final preparations are underway in Kinshasa just hours before President Mobutu Sese Seko's return to Zaire.
Mobutu is expected to arrive at Kinshasa airport at 14-00 G-M-T, where he will be greeted by a military ceremony...
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ZAIRE: KISANGANI: UN AIRLIFT 200 DISPLACED ZAIREANS TO GOMA
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The United Nations air-lifted two-hundred displaced Zaireans out of Kisangani to Goma on Friday.
The flight was intended to be a test run for airlifting tens of thousands of Rwandan refugees.
The U-N has said it has three...
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Zaire - Virus Victim Buried; Medical Aid Arrives
Virus victim buried; medical aid arrives
World Health Organisation (WHO) officials in Kikwit, Zaire said on Sunday (14/5) the Elboa virus which killed 64 people was the same one responsible for two epidemics there in the 1970s. WHO...
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Zaire - Lubumbashi under control of rebels
Lubumbashi, Zaire's second city, appeared to be fully under the
control of Laurent Kabila's rebels on Saturday (12/4).
In the city there was sporadic looting, and some evidence of
prisoners being mistreated. But the rebels appeared to...
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Zaire - Residents prepare for rebel attack
Residents of the Zairean capital, Kinshasa, braced themselves on Tuesday (06/05) in preparation for an assault on the city by rebel troops.
Leaflets believed to have been printed by the rebels have been distributed for weeks in Kinshasa,...
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Zaire - President's son
Nzinga Mobutu, Zairean president Mobutu's eldest son, said in Kishasa on Thursday (17/04) that his father would meet with rebel leader Laurence Kabila, and that only the time and place for a meeting needed to be decided.
WS Nzanga Mobutu...
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ZAIRE: KINSHASA: ETIENNE TSHISEKEDI CHOSEN AS NEW PRIME MINISTER
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Zaire's parliament formally proposed Wednesday that President Mobutu Sese Seko name a longtime rival as his new prime minister and end a week of negotiations over who should hold the job.
Some 200 supporters gathered...
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US envoy to DRCongo says M23 announcement is 'good news' for region
The US envoy to the Democratic Republic of the Congo welcomed on Tuesday the announcement by a leader of the M23 rebel group in eastern Congo that his movement will end its rebellion after more than a year and a half of fighting.
Russ...
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ZAIRE: PRIME MINISTER LEON KENGO WA DONDO OUSTED FROM POWER
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Zaire's prime minister, widely blamed for sweeping military losses to rebels in eastern Zaire, was ousted from power Tuesday by a nearly unanimous vote of parliament.
The unpopular Leon Kengo wa Dondo was toppled only hours...
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ZAMBIA: CONGO PEACE DEAL SIGNED
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Six nations fighting in Congo's civil war signed a long-awaited peace accord on Saturday.
But squabbling rebels balked, dashing hopes for a speedy end to the continent's biggest conflict.
Congo's government and the five...
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Delegation of army generals and ministers visit town occupied by M23 rebels
A delegation of politicians and generals visited the northern town of Rutshuru in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday to show the government had wrested back control from M23 rebel fighters.
Rutshuru, 60 kilometres (37 miles)...
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Zaire-Rebel troops continue to enter Kinshasa
Over 200 people are now thought to have died since Laurent
Kabila's rebel troops marched into the Zairean capital Kinshasa.
The rebels have also shown no reluctance to shoot looters.
But there are also large crowds on the streets...