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Airport where two British teens were arrested on suspicion of trafficking
1. Various exteriors of Kotoka International Airport in Accra
Two 16-year-old British girls agreed to carry 300-thousand British pounds (600-thousand US dollars) worth of cocaine in suitcases and laptops in return for a paid holiday,...
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US Citizens evacuated from Guinea arrive in Senegal
1. Wide exterior of the Meridian hotel
2. Various of US citizens inside the hotel
US citizens arrived in Senegal from Guinea on Tuesday after violent political protests led to the onset of martial law and a strict curfew.
The US embassy...
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SYND 15-1-73 ANNIVERSARY MARKS 1ST YEAR OF POST- COUP RULE IN GHANA
Colonel Ignatius Kutu Acheampong, Head of state of Ghana, attends anniversary celebration, in Accra, to mark the one year of post coup rule, in Ghana
1) exterior parade ground, troops parading
2) gv Colonel Ignatius Kutu Acheampong, ...
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Guinea - Foreigners flee Sierra Leone
Foreigners fleeing the strife and violence in Sierra Leone continued to stream into Conakry, Guinea on Monday (02/06). More than 700 evacuees, mainly women and children, and people requiring medical assistance, arrived in the early...
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CAN976 ATTEMPTED COUP DEATH OF GENERAL KOTOKA
Services held for General Kotoka killed in abortive Ghana coup, student rally to support regime.
1. vs military leaders sit on stage
2. vs military leaders arriving in cars
3. vs leaders take seats on stage
4. ms Joseph Arthur Ankrah
5....
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SYND 26 11 77 DANISH SHIP IN LAGOS HARBOUR AFTER BEING ATTACKED BY PIRATES
Danish ship "Lindinger Ivory" in Lagos harbour after being attacked by pirates.
1. gv ship in harbor
2. ms name on ship's stern, zoom out
3. ms funnel
4. ms armed guard on dock
5. cu newspaper headlines
6. various cu of newspaper...
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SYND 19-4-69 ORGANISATION AFRICAN UNION MEETS TO DISCUSS THE NIGERIAN CIVIL WAR
Memebers of the Organisation Afircan Union meet to discuss the ongoing civil war in Nigeria. Present at the meeting are Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, William Tubman President of Liberia, Sir Louis Mbanefo representing Biafra, Femi Okunnu...
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LIB 10-11-73 OPENING OF AFRICAN COUNCIL IN DAKAR
Opening of the African Council in Dakar, Senegal.
1. gv conference building in Dakar
2. ms Foreign Ministry sign over entrance
3. various cu of signs of participating countries (in French)
4. various of the delegates arriving in cars...
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UPITN 30 11 72 GENERAL GOWON WELCOMES OPEC MINISTERS
A meeting of Opec (Oil Producing and Exporting Countries) Took place in Lagos, hosted by Nigerian Preisdent General Gowon.
1. cu sign Nigerian Institute of INternational Affairs
2. ws ministry building
3. mcu police dog
4. various shots...
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President Jonathan pays condolences to family of late president
1. Close up of family and friends of President Umaru Yar'Adua walking in Katsina, northeast of Lagos
2. Government official signing the condolence register
3. Various of first Lady, Patience Jonathan arriving, being welcomed by Governor...
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SYND 22 6 78 CANADIAN RELIEF SUPPLIES OF MAIZE ARRIVE IN DAKAR
Supplies of maize from Canada arrive in drought-stricken Senegal to be distributed to needy villages.
1. ws and pan loading supplies onto lorry
2. ws men carry sacks on their heads as they walk down high pile of sacks
3. ms loading...
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Scenes outside stadium after stampede
1. Crowds outside stadium, ambulance driving through gates
2. Fans walking up to gates, trying to get access, ambulances moving on other side of gates
Several people were injured in South Africa on Sunday after thousands of football...
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Francis Collomp arrives back in France after being held hostage in Nigeria for 11 months
A French engineer who escaped from his abductors in Nigeria returned to France accompanied by French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius on Monday.
Francis Collomp was kidnapped in northern Nigeria 11 months ago when about 30 men stormed...
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SYND 16 7 76 CONFERENCE TO DISCUSS SENEGAL RIVER DEVELOPMENT
At a conference in Dakar, Senegalese President Leopold Senghor tells the organisation for development of the Senegal River that its budget is assured. Present were delegations from China, the USA, and Mauritania
1. ws car outside...
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SYND 30 3 68 WEST GERMAN MINISTER IN ABIDJAN
West German Vice Chancellor and Foreign Minister Willy Brandt visits Abidjan. He is met by the Prime Minister Auguste Denise.
1. vs of the welcome party waiting
2. vs of Brandt off plane and greeted
3. ms of Brandt seated talking to...
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SYND 25/04/1971 CONDEMNED MEN ARE EXECUTED IN NIGERIA
Crowds arrive and watch as three men are condemned, blessed, shot and checked to verify death state on Bar Beach in first Lagos public execution since the end of the civil war.
1. VS of Nigerians descending from a bus and a rush to...
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Explosion rips through warehouse believed to be storing fireworks
1. Black smoke pouring out of building as firemen spray water on fire
An explosion has ripped through a warehouse where witnesses say fireworks were stored in Nigeria's largest city, sparking a fire.
The explosion happened around 9 a.m....
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SAfrican president meets Gbagbo in presidential palace
1. South African President Thabo Mbeki and Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo stand as national anthem is played
2. Mbeki and Gbagbo
3. Mbeki shakes hands with Ivorian army officer
4. Mbeki and Gbagbo seated together
5. Close-up of Mbeki...
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SYND 14 3 68 RHODESIAN EXECUTIONS DENOUNCED BY GHANAIAN STUDENTS
A student demonstration outside the British High Commission in Accra castigated Britain for lack of action over the hanging of African Nationalists in Rhodesia
1. ws High Commission building, tilt down to students
2. ms students waving...
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SYND 24/11/72 PRESIDENT POMOPIDOU ARRIVES IN TOGO
President George Pompidou of France is greeted by President Eyadema of Togo, in Lome, on the french leader's last leg of a four day African trip to upper Volta And Togo
1. President George Pompidou of France down plane steps and greeted...
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4:3 US President Obama leaves Senegal for South Africa
1. Mid of US President Barack Obama shaking hands with officials
2. Wide of Obama and Senegalese President Macky Sall on red carpet, military band plays US national anthem
3. Mid of Obama and Sall
4. Wide of Obama and Sall
5. Mid of...
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CAN820 DELEGATES MEET IN LAGOS FOR CONSTITUTIONAL TALKS
Regional delegates meet in Lagos for constitutional talks. The talks are attended by the new Nigerian Head of State Yakubu Gowon.
1. ws exterior Senate building
2. ms delegates of midwestern provinces arrive
3. vs ms western delegation...
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CAN 214 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SECRETARY VISITS GHANA
British Commonwealth Secretary Duncan Sandys visits Ghana during his tour of Africa
1. various shots, British Commonwealth Secretary Duncan Sandys, President Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana and officials walking along, past crowds
2. ls Sandys,...
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SYND 4 5 75 WEST AFRICA MONETARY UNION MEETING
The West African Monetary Union holds a meeting in Dakar.
1. vs of the meeting in progress and the delegates
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