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SYND 19 1 79 LI XIANNIAN MEETS ZAIRE PRIME MINISTER MPINGA KASENDA
chinese deputy prime minister Li Xiannian was in Zaire with A delegation, to meet prime minister mpinga Kasenda at airport inspects guard of honor & greets vip 's from kinshasa & chinese embassy.
1. ws arrival of Li with plane in...
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CONGO: BRAZZAVILLE: US TROOPS BEGIN TO LEAVE
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United States troops began pulling back from the conflict in Zaire on Monday, although they aren't leaving the region altogether.
After rebel leader Laurent Kabila's relatively bloodless take-over of the country's capital,...
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SYND 12 9 67 CONFERENCE OF THE ORGANISATION OF AFRICAN UNITY
African leaders arrive in Kinshasa for an Organisation of African Unity (OAU) conference. Ethiopia's Emperor Haile Selassie, Joseph Mobutu President of Congo, Sangoule Lamizana President of Upper Volta are in attendance.
1. ws delegates...
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SYND 20 11 67 GENERAL TELLI SPEAKS AT OGANISATION OF AFRICAN UNITY MEETING
Secretary General of the Organisation of African Unity, Diallo Telli says ransom must be agreed for former Prime Minister Moise Tshombee, before mercenaries are repatriated from Rwanda. Congo interior minister Justin Marie Bomboko was...
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CONGO: BRAZZAVILE: BORDER REMAINS CLOSED
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The normally busy border crossing between Brazzaville and Kinshasa remained closed on Thursday, as residents of Kinshasa await an announcement about the condition of President Laurent Kabila.
There is continued uncertainty...
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Fighting between goverment troops and ex-warlord's army continues
1. Wide of group of civilians walking on pavement, leaving city
2. Mid of civilians leaving town followed by members of former warlord Jean-Pierre Bemba's guard
3. Zoom in of two women carrying children leaving town
4. Woman holding...
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Ex-warlord leaves country to seek medical care abroad
1. United Nations armoured vehicles outside the South African Embassy
2. UN armoured vehicle
3. UN armoured vehicles escorting Bemba's car to airport
4. Various of convoy of cars carrying Bemba to airport
5. Armed guard at airport
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SYND 4 12 67 PRESIDENT MOBUTU OF ZAIRE LEAVES KINSHASA FOR TOUR OF THE COUNTRY
President Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire (Congo) leaves Kinshasa for tour around the country.
1. ms Mobutu shaking hands with army chiefs and dignitaries
2. cu Mobutu
3. gv Mobutu inspecting Guard of Honour
4. ms Mobutu shakes hands with...
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CAN295 CONGO GOVERNMENT GIVEN MILITARY AID BY US
US helicopters and planes given to the new government of Congo President Moise Tshombe.
1. vs Moise Tshombe speaks to press
2. ms women at the pres conference
3. ms pan troops
4. ms hangar and T-28 Trojan planes
5. cu larger US...
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Zaire - Protest march broken up
The main opposition to Laurent Kabila's fledgling Democratic Republic of Congo government condemned the "brutality" of his troops' reaction in breaking up a banned demonstration on Wednesday (28/5).
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opposition...
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CAN265 CONGOLESE PRIME MINISTER CYRILLE ADOULA GIVES PRESS CONFERENCE
Congolese Prime Minister Cyrille Adoula and leader of Assembly of Congolese Democrats (RADCO) gives press conference prior to handing power to Moise Tshombe.
1. ms exterior RADCO placard on table pan to Adoula walking to seat at front of...
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CAN 379 LEOPOLDVILLE AIRPORT PREPARES FOR POSSIBEL HOSTAGE EVACUATION
United States Air Force transport planes are standing by at leopoldville airport, in case of an airlift evacuation of hostages from rebel-held Stanleyville.
1. low angle of Leopoldville airport building control tower
2. vs signs for...
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CONGO: SUPPORT PLANES LAND READY FOR EVACUATION OF UK NATIONALS
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Two support planes have landed in the Congo ahead of a party of 40 British marines who will be on standby to evacuate U-K nationals from Zaire if the situation deteriorates.
The British initiative was prompted by the...
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Zaire - 300 Die As Plane Engulfs Open-Air Market
300 die as plane engulfs open-air market
More than 300 people in a crowded African market were killed on
Monday (8/1) when a huge Russian cargo plane failed to gain
altitude on take-off from Zaire's Ndolo airport, near the...
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SYND 14 9 67 LUMUMBA MONUMENT UNVEILED BY MOBUTU
President Mobutu Sese Seko of the Congo unveils a monument of Patrice Lumumba, Congo's first Prime Minister, in Kinshasa. Several African leaders and ministers attended, including the Emperor Haile Selasie of Ethiopia, President Kenneth...
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CAN381 REFUGEES FROM STANLEYVILLE MASSACRE ARRIVING TO LEOPOLDVILE
Refugees from Stanleyville (Kisangani) massacre arriving to Leopoldvile.
1. ws airport with planes and people on tarmac
2. ms troops and civilians on tarmac, stretchers on ground
3. gv United States Air Force transport plane on tarmac,...
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Zaire Demonstration broken up
The main opposition to Laurent Kabila's Democratic Republic of Congo government condemned the "brutality" of troops who broke up a banned demonstration in Kinshasa on Wednesday (28/05).
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DR Congo - UN says fighters loyal to failed presidential candidate clash with army
Kinshasa - 22 March 2007
1. Wide of former warlord and one-time presidential hopeful Jean-Pierre Bemba's house
2. Close of Bemba's security guards
3. Wide of government army in front of Bemba's house, zoom in
4. People hurrying away...
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CAN265 MOISE TSHOMBE IS SWORN IN AS NEW PRIME MINISTER
In Kinshasa, Moise Tshombe has been sworn in as Prime Minister of the Congo, in front of Congolese President Joseph Kasavubu.
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1. ls sea from cliff point
2. vs high angle shot of three guards seated on chairs...
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GS 12 1 83 CHINESE PRIME MINISTER VISITS PRESIDENT MOBUTU
The Chinese Prime Minister Zhao Ziyang makes an official visit to Zaire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and meets its president Mobutu Sese Seko. cuts on z070827
1. ws Zhao down splane steps at Ndjili Airport Kinshasa, greeted by...
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CAN818 SITUATION FOLLOWING FIRST KISANGANI MUTINY
Kinshasa, formerly known as Leopoldville, hosts scenes as Belgium-Kinshasa relations near breakdown. The country enters further crisis after the first Kisangani Mutiny in Kisangani (formerly Stanleyville) which although unsuccessful was...
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CAN103 PRIME MINISTER ADOULA VISITS
In Leopoldville, Congolese Premier Cyrille Adoula visits refugees from the kwilu region of Congo.
1. ws school
2. mcu Adoula
3. ms welcome speech by Father Ekwa
5. mcu Adoula speaks
6. ms pan school officials
7. mcu adoula picks up small...
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CAN 258 LUMUMBISTS' PRESS CONFERENCE
Lumumbists declare at a press conference that they will support Moise Tschombe
1. bs crowd gathered
2. vs member giving press conference
3. ms spectators
4. vs member giving press conference
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Zaire-Fighting between government and rebel troops
The Zairean capital Kinshasa was tense on Sunday (18/5) after
sporadic gunfire throughout the night amid reports of fighting
between government troops and rebels.
In the poorer quarters of the city there were signs of looting.
Kinshasa,...