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Tanzania-Refugees from Zaire continue to arrive
Refugees from Zaire's rebel fighting are continuing to arrive in Tanzania, even as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Sadako Ogata visits the area to see the situation for herself.
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ZAIRE: SITUATION UPDATE
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U-S envoy Bill Richardson confirmed on Wednesday that face to face talks between Zaire's President Mobutu Sese Seko and rebel leader Laurent Kabila will go ahead.
There had been fears Mobutu would pull out of the meeting...
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UN: WASHINGTON: HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES PRESS CONFERENCE
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The U-N High Commissioner for Refugees, Sadako Ogata, said on Monday that the rail operation to repatriate refugees from Zaire would be stopped.
The decision follows the deaths of 91 refugees on a packed train on...
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Zaire - Food aid to refugees
East Zairean rebels on Tuesday (12/11) prevented aid agencies from reaching thousands of needy people as fears of disease grew and a multinational intervention force to help refugees took shape. The rebels allowed relief workers to enter...
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UN: US CONSIDER FRENCH PROPOSAL TO SEND TROOPS TO CENTRAL AFRICA
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The United States is considering a French proposal to send American troops to Central Africa.
The troops would be part of a multinational force to provide logistical support for an international force, to protect and...
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France - Richardson addresses presser
US ambassador to the UN, Bill Richardson, stressed in Paris on Thursday (8/4) that he is doing everything possible to bring about a peaceful solution to the Zaire crisis. He was speaking at the American Embassy after a ten-day shuttle...
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Zaire/Rwanda - Rwandan Refugees Want To Go Home
Hundreds of Rwandan refugees are hoping to be allowed back into
Rwanda, after fleeing across the border into Zaire to avoid ethnic
clashes. Many turned up early on Saturday morning (23/7) at the
frontier post, saying they preferred to...
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FRANCE: BRITAIN & FRANCE AGREE ON RELIEF EFFORTS FOR REFUGEES IN ZAIRE
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Britain and France have agreed on international relief efforts to help refugees trapped by fighting in Zaire.
But a joint statement issued by Prime Minister John Major and President Jacques Chirac failed to mention the French...
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FRANCE: PARIS: US ENVOY BILL RICHARDSON VISIT
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U-S envoy Bill Richardson was in Paris Thursday to discuss ways of finding a peaceful settlement to the conflict in Zaire.
Richardson said negotiators were pushing for a peaceful transition of power, and that there was...
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USA/UN: REACTION TO END OF ZAIREAN PRESIDENT MOBUTU'S RULE UPDATE
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Zairean President Mobutu Sese Seko effectively gave up power on Friday, handing over his duties to aides and taking refuge in his jungle palace.
Reacting to the news, President Clinton called for a "genuine democracy" to...
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USA: CLINTON ADMINISTRATION URGES ZAIRE'S PRESIDENT SEKO TO RESIGN
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The Clinton administration on Wednesday urged Zaire's President Mobutu Sese Seko to resign and go into exile after nearly 32 years in power.
But both spokesmen form the State Department and the White House said the decision ...
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SYND 20 4 77 PRIME MINISTER OF PORTUGAL MARIO SOARES AT THE UNITED NATIONS IN NEW YORK
Prime Minister of Portugal Mario Soares meets United Nations Secretary Kurt Waldheim and holds a press conference at the UN in New York.
1. ms Soares and UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim along corridor and meeting dignitaries
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USA: WASHINGTON: WILLIAM PERRY PRESS CONFERENCE ON ZAIRE CRISIS
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U-S Defense Secretary William Perry says the massive flow of refugees returning home to Rwanda could alter the U-N sponsored relief operation to Central Africa.
The U-N estimates at least 200-thousand Hutu refugees have...
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Rwanda - Fears for refugees
Fighting raged across eastern Zaire on Thursday (24/10), nearing the high plateau town of Bukavu where authorities fear a humanitarian crisis as relief food supplies for tens of thousands of fleeing refugees are almost exhausted.
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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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Crash Course World History 221: Congo and Africa's World War
Crash Course World History video in which John Green discusses, with empathy and humor, the complicated history of the Congo and this central African region. [12:56]
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Pbs Learning Media: Crash Course World History: Congo and Africa's World War
Join host John Green to learn about the slightly convoluted history of the Democratic Republic of the Congo - which used to be Zaire, which used to be The Belgian Congo, which used to be the Congo Free State, which used to be the region...