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CONGO: GOVERNMENT THREATENS ACTION AGAINST REBELS
London, UK August 4 1998 / Kinshasa, Goma, Bukavu - Democratic Republic of Congo, FILE
London - August 4
1. Set up shot Stephanie Wolters, The Economist Intelligence Review
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Stephanie Wolters, The Economist...
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UN High Commissioner Guterres continues visit to displaced camps
1. Wide pan of Kasasa camp
2. Various of UN High Commission Chief of Refugees Antonio Guterres visiting camp
3. Tracking shot of refugees
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Guterres, UN High Commission Chief of Refugees:
"I think the key...
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Zaire - Mobutu takes swift control
President Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire on Thursday (19/12) urged opposition
leaders to work with him to establish within 48 hours a 'crisis government' to deal with a rebel incursion in eastern Zaire.
Only two days after returning from four...
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South Africa-Mandela leaves to attend Zaire talks
South African President Nelson Mandela was upbeat early on
Friday (2/5) as he left Pretoria for talks between Zairean
President Mobutu Sese Seko and rebel leader Laurent Kabila.
Mandela, who will chair the talks, was accompanied by...
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CONGO: MBUJI-MAYI: DIAMOND TRADERS NERVOUS ABOUT REBEL ADVANCE
French/Nat
At the same time some of the states involved in the war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo signed up to a peace agreement last Saturday, rebels were advancing the diamond capital of Mbuji- Mayi.
Some reports say the...
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Ban with PM, on Assam blasts, Myanmar, Nepal arrival
New Delhi, India
1. Wide of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
2. Mid of Ban
3. Mid of Singh
4. Pan from UN delegation to Ban and Singh shaking hands
5. Wide of ban at podium
6. SOUNDBITE:...
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Friday prayers in troubled region
1. Exterior of the mosque UPSOUND: Call to prayers
2. People entering the mosque
3. Various of prayer inside mosque
4. SOUNDBITE: (Kiswahili) Awad Soleiman, worshipper
"We want peace, all of the Congolese together to end this problem of...
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ZAIRE: BUKAVU: BOMB BLASTS AFTERMATH
French/Nat
Stalls are still empty at the biggest market in Bukavu, Zaire, two days after a bomb killed at least seven people.
The people of eastern Zaire are now looking for an end to the four month-old war in the region.
Stalls were...
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DRCongo rebels to go to Uganda for negotiations, head of M23 group says
Bunagana - 5 December
1. Wide of Jean-Marie Runiga, president of the M23 rebel group, walking down hill with his security detail
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Jean-Marie Runiga, president of the M23 rebel group:
"If everything is logistically...
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Rwanda begins pulling out its troops from DR Congo
1. Wide shot of aircraft taxing on runway with soldiers on board
2. Ground crew directing aircraft
3. Wide shot interior plane with several hundred Rwandan troops aboard carrier
4. Soldiers disembarking from aircraft
5. Wide shot of...
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ZAIRE: REBELS PRESS HARD TO END PRESIDENT MOBUTO'S DICTATORSHIP
Eng/French/Nat
Rebels in Zaire, pressing hard to end President Mobutu Sese Seko's 32-year dictatorship, have given him until Sunday to resign or advance their troops into the capital Kinshasa.
The rebels already control more than a...
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Thirty-one adopted childen arrive in Italy from Congo after being blocked from leaving
Thirty-one children who had been blocked for months from leaving Congo with their adoptive parents arrived in Rome on Wednesday aboard an Italian government plane for a joyful, long delayed reunion with their new families.
The children...
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UN forces patrol streets, MONUC HQ staff moved from Goma
1. Wide of UN armoured personnel carrier (APC) passing by on road
2. UN APC parked by side of road
3. People walking past UN APC
4. UN armoured vehicle parked on road
5. UN peacekeepers
6. People carrying supplies walking past UN APC
7....
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ZAIRE: KINSHASA: US AMBASSADOR SIMPSON MEETS PRIME MINISTER BOLONGO
Eng/French/Nat
The U-S Ambassador to Zaire, Daniel Simpson, has met the country's Prime Minister General Likulio Bolongo ahead of peace talks between the government in Kinshasa and the rebels.
The talks between President Mobutu Sese Seko...
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CONGO: PRESIDENT LAURENT KABILA ANNIVERSARY SPEECH
French/Nat
Celebrating a year since his soldiers marched into Kinshasa, Congo's President Laurent Kabila derided his critics on Sunday and told a crowd of thousands that the Congo is heading in the right direction.
On May 17, 1997,...
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CONGO: PEACE TALKS BETWEEN PRESIDENT MOBUTU & REBEL LEADER KABILA
English/Nat
United Nations officials say Zairian rebels have ordered a halt to their advance on the capital, Kinshasa, following peace talks between Nelson Mandela and leaders of the warring factions off the coast of West Africa....
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Insurgents retake eastern Congo town
December 9, 2007
1. Wide of UN peacekeeper troops from the Mission of Nations United of Congo (MONUC) on patrol
2. Three troops on the back of truck
3. Tracking shot of Goma
December 8, 2007
4. Various of troops from Force Army of the...
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Former Congo warlord and pres candidate held; ICC reax
AP Television
The Hague, Netherlands - 25 May 2008
1. Tilt down of the International Criminal Court (ICC)
2. Wide of sign for the court
3. Close-up of sign
4. Set up of ICC press officer, Sonia Robla
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Sonia...
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DR Congo soldiers fleeing with displaced ahead of advancing rebels
Outskirts of Goma, seven miles (12 kilometres) from Kibati
1. UN peacekeepers' compound, tanks in defence position
2. UN peacekeepers camp, people standing in front of gate
3. Displaced civilians running from Kibati towards Goma Town,...
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A national park in Congo best known for its endangered mountain gorillas is now inviting tourists to go on overnight treks to see a volcano spurting fountains of lava.
HEADLINE: Raw Video: Tourists flock to erupting volcano
CAPTION: A national park in Congo best known for its endangered mountain gorillas is now inviting tourists to go on overnight treks to see a volcano spurting fountains of lava....
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Zaire - State of emergency
T/I: 10:48:11 and 10:12:39
Zairean soldiers firing tear gas on Wednesday (9/4) broke up a
march by hundreds of opponents of President Mobutu Sese Seko who
were demonstrating their support for new prime minister...
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SYND 24 9 74 STADIUM WHERE ALI FOREMAN FIGHT WILL TAKE PLACE
Ali and Foreman in stadium where fight will take place
1 exterior stadium2 large portrait of President Mobutu3 people in stadium4 Mohammad Ali in stand clowning and pretending to box5 Mobutu past and local dancers6 audience in stand7...
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EDIT UN Sec-Gen visit, speaks on financial crisis, Zimbabwe, DRC
1. Wide of United Nations-sponsored Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD)
2. Mid of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on stage
3. Delegates listening
4. Wide of Ban speaking...
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CONGO: KINSHASA: REBEL LEADER KABILA IS SWORN IN UPDATE
French/Nat
Rebel leader Laurent Kabila was sworn in on Thursday as President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, formerly known as Zaire.
Kabila took office with a promise to hold elections within two years - plus a commitment to...