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Thousands of IDPs escape clashes in DR Congo
Soldiers backed by United Nations helicopter gunships and armoured vehicles continued to battle with rebels on Saturday around a strategic army garrison near a mountain gorilla reserve in the east of the Democratic Republic of...
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ZAIRE: AMERICAN COMPANY SIGN MINING CONTRACT WITH REBEL ALLIANCE
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Zaire's rebel alliance paused in its struggle to topple Marshal Mobutu Sese Seko from the nation's presidency to sign a multimillion (US) dollar deal Wednesday.
An American company has signed the first mining contract with...
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+4:3 ICC detains Rwandan-born warlord to stand trial on charges of overseeing atrocities in eastern Congo
FILE: Exact location unknown, eastern DR Congo - 24 January 2009
1. Rwandan-born warlord Bosco Ntaganda
2. Wide of members and followers of CNDP (National Congress for the Defence of the People) rebel group
3. Various of CNDP...
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Zaire/Congo - Curfew imposed
The Zairean Government has imposed a curfew in Kinshasa, following an announcement by the rebels that the troops of Laurent Kabila would enter the capital on Tuesday (13/5) afternoon.
It is not immediately clear whether the announcement...
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DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: 17 KILLED BY SHELLS FROM CONGO
French/Nat
Seventeen people have been killed in Democratic Republic of Congo, the former Zaire, after the civil war in neighbouring Congo spilled over the border.
Government officials in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic,...
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Zaire - Rebels arrive in Kinshasa
Cheering crowds welcomed rebel troops as they marched unopposed
into the Zairean capital Saturday (17/5), while the prime
minister ordered armed forces back to barracks and urged the
international community to prevent a bloodbath.
Troops...
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Rebels, military equipment, dead bodies in Goma after it was taken by rebels
1. M23 soldier stands in front of crowd gathered in football stadium in central Goma, listening to speech of M23 spokesman Colonel Vianney Kazarama,
2. Close of ammunition and gun
3. Close of soldier
4. Mid of Colonel Vianney Kazarama...
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ZAIRE: GOVERNMENT NEGOTIATOR CLAIMS CEASE-FIRE HAS BEEN AGREED
French/Nat
A Zairian government negotiator in Kinshasa Saturday repeated statements that the government and rebels had agreed to a cease-fire, which would begin at the same time as the start of talks.
Meanwhile Zaire's army chief...
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USA - Defence Ministers meet
French Defence Minister Charles Millon called on Tuesday (25/3) at a meeting with his US counterpart, William Cohen, for "parity of responsibility" in the leadership of NATO's southern command.
WS military on parade;
MS marching troops;...
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CONGO: KINSHASA: LOCALS PRAY FOR AN END TO CURRENT CRISIS
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Armed supporters of Congolese President Laurent Kabila have claimed to have captured a key air base in the western town of Kitona, cutting off rebel forces from some of their main supply bases.
Government officials said...
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UN: NEW YORK: RACE TO FIND SUITABLE SUCCESSOR TO BOUTROS GHALI
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The United Nations Security Council is waiting to see whether Africa will offer another candidate for secretary-general.
Officially, Boutros Boutros-Ghali remains the African nations' choice for another term.
But even...
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SOUTH AFRICA: US ENVOY RICHARDSON MEETS DEPUTY PRESIDENT MBEKI
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The U-S envoy charged with brokering a peace deal in Zaire said on Tuesday the peace process is very much alive.
Bill Richardson met in Cape Town with South African Deputy President Thabo Mbeki on Tuesday.
Mbeki's office said...
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Kabila heading for victory, opposition spokesman comment
1. UN soldiers on guard in street in front of poster of main opposition presidential candidate Jean-Pierre Bemba
2. UN sandbagged roadblock near Bemba's residence
3. Soldiers on top of armoured personnel carrier
4. Nsenga and...
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ZAIRE: PRESIDENT MOBUTU TRIES TO ESTABLISH A CRISIS GOVERNMENT
French/Nat
Zaire's President Mobutu Sese Seko has called on opposition leaders to work with him to establish a "crisis government" within 48 hours.
Only two days after returning from four months of cancer treatment in Europe, Mobutu...
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CONGO: REPORTS OF POSSIBLE CEASE-FIRE BY KABILA'S REBEL FORCES
English/Nat
There were conflicting reports on Sunday about a possible cease-fire by Laurent Kabila's advancing rebel forces in Zaire.
U-N special envoy, Mohamed Sahnoun, speaking after talks on board a South African ship, said that...
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ZAIRE: WTO SAY 108 PEOPLE HAVE DIED FROM THE EBOLA VIRUS
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The World Health Organisation now says 108 people have died of Ebola in Zaire this year, out of the 144 people known to be infected by the virus.
Most cases have been in Kikwit, 250 miles (400 kilometres) east of Zaire's...
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Zaire - WHO Confirms 114 Ebola Deaths
There have now been 114 confirmed cases of the deadly Ebola virus
in Zaire, with the death toll currently standing at 79, according
to the World Health Organization. The red cross has been posting
notices around Kinshasa telling people...
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People displaced by fighting, troops
On the outskirts of Goma town
1. Displaced walking along the road leading to Goma
Kibibati village
2. Displaced people resting on the side of the road with belongings
3. Medium shot of cooking pot on a fire and an old woman watching...
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Scenes of joy as relief supplies are distributed
1. Street scenes
2. Bulldozers clearing road
3. People walking in street
4. People rushing to get inside stadium where food is to be distributed
5. People passing sacks to each other in chain movement
6. Cutaway people
7. People,...
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Kabila visits eastern region where peace restored after rebel unrest
The president of the Democratic Republic of Congo was given a hero's welcome in the eastern city of Goma on Sunday.
Thousands of people lined the streets of the city as President Joseph Kabila went on a triumphant walkabout.
It was...
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ZAIRE: KISANGANI: REBEL LEADER LAURENT KABILA ARRIVES
French/Eng/Serbo-Croat
Tens of thousands of Kisangani residents have given a hero's welcome to Zairian rebel leader Laurent Kabila who arrived in the capital of north-eastern Zaire on Friday following its seizure last Saturday.
Kabila,...
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Newspaper headlines, vox pops following historic elections
1. Street in Kinshasa
2. Cut away to newspaper headline in French - "Congolese vote in dignity"
3. Wide shot of newspaper seller on the street
4. SOUNDBITE (French), Vox Pop, Billy Mweka:
"The elections went pretty well. Now we are...
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Zaire - Preparations for Mobutu return
Zairean politicians and troops are eagerly awaiting the return of the country's long-absent leader, President Mobutu Sese Seko, who is due in the capital on Tuesday (17/12), when he will be faced with the mounting political and military...
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Zaire - Prime Minister returns to Kinshasa
Zairean Prime Minister Kengo wa Dondo returned to Kinshasa on Thursday (20/03) from Nairobi, insisting that he was still head of government. On Tuesday, Zaire's transitional parliament voted to sack Kengo after he had flown to Nairobi,...