It estimates that some 1.2 million Sudanese have found shelter in the eastern part of Chad.

Rising number of fatalities caused by landslides and flash floods in eastern Congo Authorities reported that many more people were still missing after severe rains wrecked structures, killing more than 200. Dozens of survivors are being...

Gabon's military leader Gen Brice Oligui Nguema has announced his intention to run for president in next month's election. Some opposition and civil society groups in Gabon have however been urging the military leader to honour his word...

Africa's healthcare system is on the brink as wars, malnutrition, and funding cuts worsen the crisis. Non-communicable diseases are rising, and aid reductions by developed nations are leaving health workers jobless. Governments face...

Health services in Africa are at risk of “collapse in the next few years” due to soaring chronic diseases, a senior public health leader has warned. Watch in for more details!

For Black communities in Regina, finding spaces that reflect their heritage hasn’t always been easy. That's starting to change with the emergence of lounges where African culture and cuisine allow newcomers and longtime residents to...

Gabon held a referendum on a new constitution on Saturday, a major step towards establishing democratic rule after a coup ousted. Watch in for more details!

Gabon held a referendum on a new constitution on Saturday, a major step towards establishing democratic rule after a coup ousted. Watch in for more details!

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Fear that a deadly virus could spread beyond the central African state of Zaire is causing officials to impose more restrictions on travel in the stricken
area.
APTV has the first aerial...

Arrival of president Mobutu of Zaire and President William R. Tolbert, Jr. of Liberia for celebrations to mark the fifth anniversary, of Idi Amin coming to power.

1. Entebbe airport s
ign
2. ms Amin greet
s Mobuto ...

Bulawayo, in Southern Rhodesia, provided plenty of evidence of conflicting opinion, when the referendum on Central African federation was taken recently. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...

Congolese army chief Mobuto visits paratroops training school in Germany.

1. ms Mobutu steps out of car and is greeted by military offi
cials
2. vs Mobutu watches para
s training
3. ms paratrooper is smacked on the...

Symposium of Human Rights held in Kinshasa

1. gv exterior conference bui
lding
2. interior conference, delegates seated,
listening
3. ms spokesman make
s speech (mute)
4. various cutaways of
delegates...

Zaire President Mobutu Sese Seko arriving to Dakar for a visit to Senegal and is greeted by President Leopold Sedar Senghor.

1. gv p
lane
2. ms Senghor and dignitaries
on tarmac
3. various of Mobutu down plane steps...

Funeral ceremony and memorial service held on Corsica at the headquarters of the French Foreign Legion, for the five Legionnaires killed during the intervention in Zaire's Shaba province

1. ws priest at ser
vice
2. ws...

President Mobutu of Zaire arriving on his visit of Senegal & greeted by President Leopold Senghor

1. ls President of Zaire, Mobutu & his wife down plane steps2. ms Senghor & wife wait on tarmac3. cutaway to...

Five Europeans accused of sabotaging a bridge near Katanga, were presented to the members of the press by the Congolese government.

1. ws exterior information communications building, television and radio...

Egyptian President Anwar El Sadat and four visiting African Presidents (President of Nigeria Yakubu Gowon, President of Senegal Leopold Senghor, President of Cameroon Ahmadou Ahidjo and President of Zaire Mobutu Sese Seko)...

As French Foreign Legion Paratroopers mopped the last pockets of resistance by invaders of the southern Zaire town of Kolwezi, President Mobutu Sese Seko paid his second flying visit to stricken province of Shaba in three days....

Flashes from the Royal tour of Southern Rhodesia include the visit by Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret to the small town of Gwelo. They travelled on in the Ivory Train to Umtali, where a large number of...