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Fabius condemns violence as M23 rebels seize Goma
1. Wide of French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius arriving at news conference
2. Wide of Fabius seated
3. SOUNDBITE: (French) Laurent Fabius, French Foreign Minister:
"Our position is to condemn the M23 attacks and ask the United...
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TANZANIA: PLIGHT OF THE BURUNDIAN REFUGEES
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The civil war in Burundi between the minority Tutsi government and the majority Hutu population has killed thousands of people, mostly Hutus, over the last six years.
As a result, nearly two hundred thousand Burundian...
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ITALY: US TROOPS LEAVE FOR POSSIBLE EMERGENCY ACTION IN ZAIRE
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A contingent of United States troops has left its base in Vincenza, Italy, early Sunday morning, bound for possible emergency action in Zaire.
The airborne troops are being sent to Brazzaville, Congo - just over the river...
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UN peacekeepers troops move into flashpoint town
Kanyabayonga, 160 kilometres North of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo's border with Rwanda (DRC side)
1. Wide shot of almost deserted town (refugees have fled fighting over past several weeks)
2. Villagers looking through looted...
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British Foreign Office Minister visits IDP camp, presser
Mugunga, near Sake, approx 20 kms west of Goma
1. Wide of UK Foreign Office Minister Mark Malloch Brown walking with crowds of UN officials in Mugunga 1 camp for the displaced, zoom in to Brown
2. Side shot Brown and entourage walking...
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CONGO: 4 MONTHS OF FIGHTING HAS DISPLACED MANY INNOCENT VICTIMS
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Four months of fighting in the Republic of Congo have killed and displaced hundreds of innocent victims, many of them women and children.
The once thriving capital, Brazzaville, has been transformed into a ghost town -...
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Zaire - Kabila departs for South Africa
Zairean rebel leader Laurent Kabila left on Wednesday (16/4) for South Africa, saying he planned to hold talks with President Nelson Mandela.
WS plane on runway;
kabila's motorcade arrives at airport;
MS Laurent Kabila exits car, being...
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SWITZERLAND: ZAIREAN REBELS TO ASK FOR BLOCK ON ASSETS OF MOBUTU
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Zairean rebels said Thursday they will ask the U-S and some European states to block any accounts and assets of President Mobutu Sese Seko in their countries.
Representatives of rebel leader Laurent Kabila were also...
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CONGO: TALKS TO END FIGHTING IN ZAIRE TO BEGIN SOON
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Talks to end the fighting in Zaire are to start on Saturday evening (local time) according to South African officials.
Rebel leader Laurent Kabila and President Mobutu are due to meet aboard a South African ship Saturday...
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South Africa - Peace negotiator addresses presser
South African Deputy President Thabo Mbeki said on Monday (12/5) that a meeting scheduled for Wednesday (14/5) between Zairean President Mobutu Sese Seko and Zaire's rebel leader Laurent Kabila would be the last chance for negotiated...
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WRAP UN and EU envoys on DRC crisis talks ADDS UN chief, leaders
1. Wide shot of conference room
2. Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni entering conference room
3. Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo shaking hands with unidentified delegate
4. Mid shot of UN and African Union delegations, US Assistant...
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Impoverished workers face dangerous conditions and little pay in DRC mines
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is expected to vote on Wednesday on the final version of US legislation on 'conflict minerals', precious minerals used to finance local wars like the 'blood diamonds' of West Africa.
The...
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BELGIUM: EU MINISTERS HOLD EMERGENCY MEETING ON CRISIS IN ZAIRE
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European Union ministers and aid agencies held an emergency meeting in Brussels Thursday to seek ways of getting aid to more than a million refugees trapped by fighting in Eastern Zaire.
They agreed resources were in place...
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Lawyers submit evidence and call on ICC to investigate Paul Kagame for war crime
Rwandan and Congolese groups opposed to Rwandan President Paul Kagame's rule have asked the International Criminal Court to investigate him for alleged war crimes for backing rebel groups in eastern Congo.
A small group gathered outside...
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ZAIRE: PREPARATIONS FOR RETURN OF PRESIDENT MOBUTU SESE SEKO
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Final preparations are underway in Kinshasa for the return of Zairean President Mobutu Sese Seko.
The ailing President plans to return to the Zairean capital on Tuesday after six weeks recovering on the French Riviera...
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Thousands of refugees try to reach home, bodies on road
Kilmanyoka, 20 kilometres (12 miles) north of Goma, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
1. Displaced people walking along road, returning to their homes in Kibumba
2. Mid shot of a woman with children walking, carrying...