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CONGO: INTERVIEW WITH PRESIDENT PASCAL LISSOUBA
Eng/French/Nat
APTV has an exclusive interview with President Pascal Lissouba of Congo whose whereabouts were uncertain when rebels attacked his presidential palace in Brazzaville on Tuesday.
The rebels, led by General Denis...
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CLEAN : African Union hails Congo election for 'consolidating democratic achievements' in the country
Head of the African Union observer mission Dileita Mohamed congratulates the Congolese people following a "calm and peaceful" presidential election which the mission believes "consolidates the democratic achievements of the Republic of...
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CONGO: RECONSTRUCTION OF WAR TORN REGIONS
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After months of civil war that left thousands dead, hundreds of thousands displaced and much of its capital destroyed, Congo is trying to pick up the pieces.
In October last year Congo's former military ruler Denis Sassou...
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FRANCE: RESEARCHING THE EBOLA VIRUS
French/Nat
Parisians worried about the deadly outbreak of Ebola in Zaire - are turning to their country's top scientists to help quell their fears.
Many are taking advantage of an opportunity to go to one of the world's premier ...
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CONGO: MULTINATIONAL FORCES STAGE PRACTICE PARACHUTE JUMP
French/Nat
The skies above Congo were filled with paratroopers on Monday as more than 100 soldiers from French, Belgian and British forces staged a practice jump outside Brazzaville.
The men are part of the multinational force that...
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CONGO: PRESIDENT PASCAL LISSOUBA DENIES OPPOSITION CLAIMS (2)
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The President of the Republic of Congo, Pascal Lissouba, announced on Saturday his government was in control of Brazzaville's airport and the presidential palace.
Opposition forces had claimed to have captured the two...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : African Games return to Brazzaville
CLEAN : African Games return to Brazzaville
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Italian FM welcomes new gas deal with Congo
Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio welcomes a gas agreement signed with Congo as Rome seeks to end its energy dependence on Russia (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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USA: US TO SEND TEAM OF MONITORS TO BRAZZAVILLE
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The U-S is to send a team of monitors to Brazzaville to assess the dangers to Americans still remaining in Congo.
The State Department had said on Monday that it was too dangerous to evacuate Americans from the city, which...
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CONGO: FRENCH PARATROOPERS LET CONGLESE PARACUTE REGIMENT JUMP
French/Nat
The Congolese Parachute Regiment has neither planes nor parachutes.
But their French counterparts, who are on standby in Brazzaville for an eventual evacuation of foreign nationals from Zaire, came to the rescue and took...
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NGO claims peace hampered while warring parties control mines
1. Set-up of Global Witness spokesperson Carina Tertsakian
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Carina Tertsakian, Campaigner for Global Witness:
"Since the war began first in 1996 and then in 1998 and ever since, the different rebel groups as well...
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UN: UN CLOSELY MONITORING POWER STRUGGLE IN THE CONGO
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Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of Congo, fell on Wednesday to rebels led by the former president Sassou-Nguesso and assisted by Angolan troops.
Military sources say the second largest city of Pointe Noire has also...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Congo President launches new military hospital
Congo President Denis Sassou Nguesso laid the foundation stone for a new military hospital in the capital Brazzaville as he campaigns for re election on March 20
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Congo: first phones manufactured in francophone Africa
CLEAN : Congo: first phones manufactured in francophone Africa
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CLEAN : AFCON: DRC beats Equatorial Guinea on penalties for 3rd place
CLEAN : AFCON: DRC beats Equatorial Guinea on penalties for 3rd place
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CLEAN : Regional leaders meet in Congo to discuss situation in Chad
Leaders and representatives of member countries of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) meet in Brazzaville, where they discussed the situation in Chad, which is facing an escalating humanitarian emergency, according...
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CONGO: FRENCH SOLDIERS RESCUE CIVILIANS CAUGHT UP IN FIGHTING
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French soldiers have rescued more shaken civilians caught in the fighting in the Congo's capital, Brazzaville.
Clashes flared between government troops and militiamen on Tuesday despite promises of truce talks.
People...
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ZAIRE: KINSHASA: PEOPLE CELEBRATE END OF PRESIDENT MOBUTU'S RULE
French/Nat
Joyful Zaireans took to the streets of the capital Kinshasa on Friday celebrating the news that autocratic president Mobutu Sese Seko had given up power.
Mobutu handed over control of the country to his aides, retreating to...
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CONGO: BRAZZAVILLE: US ARMY AIRBORNE UNIT ARRIVE UPDATE
English/Nat
A U-S Army airborne unit arrived in Congo, in central Africa on Sunday to prepare for the possible evacuation of Americans and other foreigners from neighbouring Zaire.
About 100 paratroopers landed from Italy in...
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Congo - French troops withdraw
French troops drafted into Brazzaville 10 days ago began leaving the city on Monday (16/6) despite pleas from President Pascal Lissouba to stay until after the country's elections on July 7.
Although negotiators between the two warring...
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CONGO: KABILA'S GOVERNMENT THREATENS WAR AGAINST RWANDA
French/Nat
President Laurent Kabila's government has threatened war against neighbouring Rwanda after accusing it of masterminding the uprising in eastern Congo.
The rebellion has sparked a backlash of anger by some residents in...
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Congo - Official ceremony for new president
The victor of Congo's four-month civil war, Denis Sassou Nguesso, was sworn in as president Saturday (25/10), promising to restore democracy to the war-torn country. Sassou Nguesso arrived in the shattered capital Thursday (23/10), more...
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FRANCE: FRENCH & BELGIAN EVACUEES ARRIVE FROM THE CONGO
Eng/French/Nat
A special Belgian military flight from Libreville in Africa landed in Paris on Sunday night with 171 passengers on board, evacuated from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Most of the plane's occupants had left Kinshasa by...
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CLEAN : Congo: hundreds demonstrate in support of opposition candidate
CLEAN : Congo: hundreds demonstrate in support of opposition candidate