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FILE as attempted coup reported
Kinshasa, 23 January 2001
1. Dignitaries walking up steps to the People''s Palace
2. Soldiers standing at attention
3. Joseph Kabila walking up to coffin and laying wreath
4. Coffin being opened
5. Joseph Kabila and dignitaries...
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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.
CU Jeep with French flag;
MS pallets of...
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Congo - US marines stage mock evacuation
The 22nd US marine expeditionary unit staged a mock evacuation
in Brazzaville on Tuesday (6/5) in preparation for the real
thing in Zaire.
Unlike previous evacuation exercises, some of the marines played
the role of hostile forces that...
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CONGO: REFUGEES FLY TO SAFETY AS TRUCE IS EXTENDED FOR FURTHER 7 DAYS
Natural Sound
Brazzaville's mayor and mediator, Bernard Kolelas, says the fighting factions in the Republic of Congo agreed to extend a 72 hour truce for a further seven days.
The ceasefire was originally due to finish at midnight on...
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CONGO: FIRST FRENCH SOLDIERS WITHDRAW FROM BRAZZAVILLE
French/Nat
The first French soldiers have begun to withdraw from the Congolese capital, Brazzaville, on Monday.
About 100 French troops left the Congo for the neighbouring West African state of Gabon where talks on resolving the...
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CONGO: BRAZZAVILLE: US MARINES STAGE MOCK EVACUATION
English/Nat
U-S marines have staged a mock evacuation in the Congo in preparation for any possible airlifts of foreign nationals from neighbouring Zaire.
The 27th Mobile Evacuation Unit carried out the exercise at Brazzaville...
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Congo/DR Congo - UNHCR refugee camp in Kinshasa
Refugees who fled Congo's civil war are beginning to trickle
back to the capital Brazzaville.
An estimated thirty thousand people have abandoned their homes
in the city since the fighting broke out several months ago.
Around ten thousand...
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CONGO: KINSHASA: 2 DAYS OF SHELLING LEAVE 20 PEOPLE DEAD
French/Nat
Two days of shelling in Kinshasa, capital of the former Zaire now called the Democratic Republic of Congo, has left at least 20 people dead.
Although it was unclear who was doing the firing, the Prime Minister of the Republic...
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Zaire/Congo - Richardson meets Mobutu
US envoy Bill Richardson met Zaire's President Mobutu Sese Seko in Kinshasa on Tuesday (29/4) and said the ailing dictator was willing to meet with rebel leader Laurent Kabila.
Richardson then left Kinshasa for the rebel-held city of...
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CONGO: POINTE NOIRE: 4 FRENCH AND 11 RUSSIAN PILOTS ARRESTED
French/Russian/Nat
Four French pilots and eleven Russians have been arrested and imprisoned in Pointe Noire the second largest city in the Congo.
They are accused of being mercenaries - smuggling weapons into Congo for President Pascal...
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ITALY/CONGO: US TROOPS PREPARE TO EVACUATE AMERICANS FROM ZAIRE (2)
Vicenza, Italy; Brazzaville, Congo, March 23-24, 1997
Brazzaville - March 23
1. Wide shot C-17 landing on runway
2. Zoom into plane
3. Man directing plane on runway
4. Various plane on runway
5. U-S troops waiting for paratroopers to...
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CONGO: THOUSANDS OF REFUGEES RETURN FROM KINSHASA
French/Nat
Thousands of refugees are pouring back to the Republic of Congo following a civil war that forced them across the river to Kinshasa.
The first boatload of refugees - some 350 out of well-over 30-thousand - left Kinshasa's...
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CONGO: 60 BRITISH MARINES ARRIVE FOR POSSIBLE EVACUATION TO ZAIRE
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60 British marines arrived in Congo late on Monday evening, to prepare for a possible evacuation of U-K nationals from the neighbouring state of Zaire.
The troop deployment has been prompted by the continued advance of...
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Zaire/Congo - Westerners prepare to evacuate
The Zairean government on Tuesday (13/5) imposed an overnight curfew on Kinshasa as rebel forces announced they were within striking distance, while new peace talks appeared set to go ahead Wednesday.
Several western governments have...
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CONGO: BODIES OF PEOPLE KILLED IN LAST YEAR'S CIVIL WAR EXHUMED
French/Nat
The bodies of hundreds of people killed in last year's bloody civil war in Congo are being exhumed from graves all over the capital, Brazzaville, and reburied.
Some 650 graves have been found at sites across the city.
The...
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CONGO: SASSOU-NGUESSO REQUESTS AID TO REBUILD BRAZZAVILLE
French/Nat
The victor in Congo Republic's four-month civil war, General Denis Sassou-Nguesso, returned on Thursday to the capital his troops helped destroy and asked the world's help in rebuilding it.
In a refrain heard often in this...
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CONGO/UN: UN BROKERED CEASE-FIRE SIGNED
English/Nat
A United Nations brokered cease-fire has been signed in the Republic of Congo, giving new hope to an end to the nation's bloody civil war.
The agreement, which was negotiated last month by the U-N, was signed by the country's...
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Congo/Zaire - Paratroopers arrive
A further 200 Belgian paratroopers arrived in the Congo capital Brazzaville on Tuesday (25/3). An American C-5 Galaxy supply plane flew in water and food for the 200 or so American troops stationed in Brazzaville.
Meanwhile, opposition...
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UN Secretary-General tours Congo on first African trip
1. Exterior Congolese parliament building
2. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations, being received by Congolese National Assembly President, Vital Kamerhe
3. Ban Ki-moon greeting Congolese delegates
4. Ban Ki-moon and...
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Congo - Belgian troops arrive
The first 35 commandos of an anticipated 550-strong Belgian military force arrived in Brazzaville on Monday (24/3) to assist in a possible evacuation of foreigners from Zaire.
Belgian military transport plane landing and taxiing;...
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CONGO: LATEST SITUATION UPDATE
French/Nat
Fighting has flared up again around the airport in Brazzaville as French soldiers withdraw from the Congolese capital.
The withdrawal comes as African heads of state joined delegates from the warring factions in the Congo at...
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Congo - Marines stage mock evacuation
As international efforts got underway on Tuesday (29/4) to bring about direct talks between Zairean President Mobutu and rebel leader Laurent Kabila, US marines staged a mock evacuation of expatriates.
The marines are on standby in Congo...
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CONGO: BELGIAN TROOPS CONTINUE TO BE DEPLOYED ACROSS COUNTRY
Brazzaville, Pointe Noire, Congo, Kinshasa, Zaire, 27-28 March 1997
Pointe Noire:
1. Cockpit shot of plane landing in Pointe Noire
2. Second shot of Belgian troops unloading plane
3. Belgian soldiers who've been relocated to other...
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Central African Republic - CAR president and rebels reach deal that will allow him to stay in office until 2016 after civil unrest
Government and foreign troops travel to Damara to stop possible rebel advance
Damara - 2 Jan 2013
1. Various of Chadian troops on highway between the capital, Bangui, and the town of Damara
2. Various of displaced people leaving village...