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GNS WRAP Fighting breaks out between rival factions
1. UPC militia jeep with mounted machine gun drives along street
2. UPSOUND: gunfire
3. Civilians run along UN barbed wire fence in street
4. Congolese man closes barbed wire gap in UN compound fence next to UN armoured personnel...
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M23 fighters around Goma as rebels begin withdrawal from territory seized last week
Sake
1. Wide of a street in the town of Sake which was still in the hands of the M23 rebels a day after their leaders announced they would pull out of the area, returning it to government control
2. A motorcycle rider drives by a M23...
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AFRICA: LEADERS DISCUSS CONGO CRISIS DURING SUMMIT
Natural Sound
The continuing strife in the Democratic Republic of Congo is dominating a summit of Africa's leaders in France.
But now Congolese President Laurent Kabila appears to be edging closer to a dialogue with his adversaries,...
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UN observers see suspected Rwandan troops in east
1. MONUC (French acronym - UN peacekeeping mission in DR Congo) compound entrance
2. UN car leaving compound
3. Compound fence
4. UN flag flying from compound
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mhand Ladjouzi, head of MONUC's North Kivu office:...
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DR Congo - Bloody killings amidst mounting unrest
Journalists taken to Kinshasa airport late Thursday reported fighting in the Masina district in the east of Kinshasa, between the airport and the city centre. They said the area was totally surrounded by government forces. Film crews...
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DR CONGO: KINSHASA: LAURENT KABILA FUNERAL PREPS
Eng/French/Nat
In the Congolese capital Kinshasa, the national flag flies at half mast on Saturday as preparations are underway for the funeral of the assassinated President Laurent Kabila.
Thousands are expected to attend Tuesday's...
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Aid agencies distribute aid, try to avoid disease breaking out
1. Wide of Rutshuru residents coming to receive non-food items
2. Various of emergency humanitarian aid organisation Solidarites' volunteers calling out names of beneficiaries
3. Various of Rutshuru residents receiving non-food items
4....
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DR Congo - Civilians welcome army into territory previously held by M23 rebels / Delegation of army generals and ministers visit town occupied by M23 rebels / Government official confirms army repelled armed assailants in capital / Troops in action as they repel armed assailants in capital
Civilians welcome army into territory previously held by M23 rebels
Kibumba - 27 October
1. Mid of soldiers from Democratic Republic of Congo military (FARDC) being greeted by civilians as they enter the town of Kibumba after driving...
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CAN873 FILE FOOTAGE OF MERCENARIES IN THE CONGO
File footage of mercenaries in the Democratic Republic of the Congo during the Congo Crisis (1960-1966).
1. ms soldiers in armoured vehicle
2. mcu soldiers
3. vs mcu soldier at gun
4. ms soldiers in jeeps
5. vs armoured vehicle goes...
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Rwanda - Richardson arrives for briefing
US special envoy to Zaire Bill Richardson is due to arrive in Botswana on Tuesday (6/5) to brief Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and heads of state of the South African Development Community (SADC) on the situation in Zaire.
Richardson...
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CONGO: REFUGEES FLEE CAPITAL
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Congolese citizens are fleeing in their hundreds from the capital Brazzaville in search of safety from a city now compared to war torn Mogadishu.
Many of those seriously injured in street battles between two rival...
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USA: FRENCH DEFENCE MINISTER CHARLES MILLION MEETS WITH WILLIAM COHEN
French/Nat
French Defence Minister Charles Millon has urged President Mobutu of Zaire to implement democratic reforms - if he is to hold his country together.
Millon was speaking in Washington on Tuesday after a meeting with his U-S ...
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UN chief on India blasts, DR Congo, MidEast, Myanmar
1. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seated
2. Ban
3. Singh
4. Pan from UN delegation to Ban and Singh shaking hands
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General
"I strongly condemn...
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Aftermath of fighting as African leaders call for halt to rebel advance
Minova
1. Various of abandoned government tank on road leading to Minova
2. Tracking shot from vehicle of government troops and civilians in streets of Minova
3. SOUNDBITE: (Swahili) Nico Patrice, Minova resident:
"When they came...
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Protests over proposed change to election law
Demonstrators took to the streets of Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, on Tuesday to protest against a proposed change to an electoral law that requires a census before presidential elections scheduled for...
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France - Mobutu meets United Nations
A special UN envoy for the African Great Lakes, Raymond Chretien, met Zairean President Mobutu Sese Seko at his French Riviera villa at Roquebrune-Cap-Martin on Wednesday (6/11).
Mobutu sitting
Mobutu talking at his villa;
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Zaire - Protection Against Ebola Progress
Officials in the Zairean capital, Kinshasa, are tightening their
quarantine measures to shield the city from the effects of the
Ebola virus epidemic. The disease is centred around the town of
Kikwit, some 500 kilometres (310 miles) from...
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Zaire - High incidence of aids
Despite the political upheaval that's rocking Zaire, nightlife in Kinshasa is as busy as ever. Nightclubs and bars proliferate and are still doing a roaring trade - especially with the ex-patriate community.
Prostitution is rife. Call...
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Rebels withdraw from eastern city, rioting in capital
Bukavu - June 4, 2004
1. Various of United Nations vehicle patrolling
2. Exterior of government house where rebel general Laurent Nkunda is stationed
3. Establishing shot of Nkunda with his rebels
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Laurent Nkunda,...
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SADC extraordinary summit on Zimbabwe, DRC begins
1. Wide exterior Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg
2. Wide police cars outside convention centre
3. Wide Zimbabwean Prime Minister designate Morgan Tsvangirai seated at the table
4. Wide arrival of Zimbabwean President Robert...
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Additional shots of lava flow from volcano
1. Wide shot of lava and rock
2. Mid shot of lava flow
3. Crack in ground surface
4. Children jump over crack
5. Elderly man walks across molten rock
6. Close up shot of molten rock
7. Photographer takes pictures of smouldering rock
8....
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Refugees flee suspected Rwandan troops
1. Wide shot aerial village of Kanyabayonga, north of Goma
2. Mid shot huts
3. Roadblock outside village
4. Sign for Kanyabayonga
5. Woman walking with firewood
6. Various people outside hut
7. Close-up family sitting outside hut
8. Mid...
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SOUTH AFRICA: CONGO'S JUSTICE MINISTER REJECTS CEASEFIRE CALL
English/Nat
The Democratic Republic of Congo's justice minister on Monday rejected calls on the continent for a ceasefire.
Mwenze Kongolo said Uganda and Rwanda must first withdraw their troops from Congolese territory.
It followed a...
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USA: ALBRIGHT & BOUCHER SPEECH
English/Nat
The United States government has welcomed news that opposition and government leaders in Myanmar are holding discussions.
The news comes as the European Union is preparing to send a fact-finding team to the Southeast Asian...