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Zaire/Congo - Curfew imposed
The Zairean Government has imposed a curfew in Kinshasa, following an announcement by the rebels that the troops of Laurent Kabila would enter the capital on Tuesday (13/5) afternoon.
It is not immediately clear whether the announcement...
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DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: 17 KILLED BY SHELLS FROM CONGO
French/Nat
Seventeen people have been killed in Democratic Republic of Congo, the former Zaire, after the civil war in neighbouring Congo spilled over the border.
Government officials in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic,...
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CONGO: GENERAL DENIS SASSOU-NGUESSO SWORN IN AS PRESIDENT
French/Nat
The former military ruler of the Republic of Congo made his return to power official on Saturday as he was sworn in as president.
General Denis Sassou-Nguesso seized the post after winning a four-month bloody battle to oust...
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Zaire - Prime Minister returns to Kinshasa
Zairean Prime Minister Kengo wa Dondo returned to Kinshasa on Thursday (20/03) from Nairobi, insisting that he was still head of government. On Tuesday, Zaire's transitional parliament voted to sack Kengo after he had flown to Nairobi,...
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QUOTE REF CONGO/SOUTH AFRICA; South Africa's Foreign Minister, Pik
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16.5.88 meeting in Brazzaville with Angolan Minister for External
Relations,...
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CONGO: TROOPS SCRAMBLE TO RESCUE FOREIGNERS CAUGHT IN ANARCHY
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French troops scrambled to rescue foreigners still caught in the anarchy of Congo on Thursday as fresh gun battles threatened to derail a cease-fire between soldiers and a private militia.
Fighting shook the capital...
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CONGO: FRENCH TROOPS BEGIN TO LEAVE BRAZZAVILLE
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French troops will start leaving Brazzaville on Sunday after evacuating all the remaining French nationals from the strife-torn capital of Congo.
The French Foreign Ministry said on Friday that the evacuation should end...
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CONGO: REFUGEES FLEE CAPITAL
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Congolese citizens are fleeing in their hundreds from the capital Brazzaville in search of safety from a city now compared to war torn Mogadishu.
Many of those seriously injured in street battles between two rival...
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Congo - Peace talks
French officials in Congo said on Sunday (15/6) that they expect
more sporadic fighting in the capital Brazzaville, as army and
rebel factions try to secure an advantage ahead of peace talks.
French Ambassador to Congo, Raymond Cesaire,...
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ITALY: US TROOPS LEAVE FOR POSSIBLE EMERGENCY ACTION IN ZAIRE
English/Nat
A contingent of United States troops has left its base in Vincenza, Italy, early Sunday morning, bound for possible emergency action in Zaire.
The airborne troops are being sent to Brazzaville, Congo - just over the river...
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CONGO: 4 MONTHS OF FIGHTING HAS DISPLACED MANY INNOCENT VICTIMS
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Four months of fighting in the Republic of Congo have killed and displaced hundreds of innocent victims, many of them women and children.
The once thriving capital, Brazzaville, has been transformed into a ghost town -...
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Congo - French troops arrive
The Congolese capital of Brazzaville has been rocked by fighting. Militia forces loyal to former ruler Denis Sassou Nguesso have attacked the government troops of President Pascal Lissouba.
On Saturday (7/6) a French soldier was killed...
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CONGO: OYO: SASSOU-NGUESSO GIVEN HERO'S WELCOME IN HOMETOWN
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The Republic of Congo's civil war victor, General Denis Sassou-Nguesso, was given a hero's welcome in his hometown of Oyo on Friday.
Sassou-Nguesso's Cobra militiamen captured the capital Brazzaville as well as the oil...
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CONGO: BRAZZAVILLE: BRITISH MARINES PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE VIOLENCE
English/Nat
Seventy-five British Royal Marines have been sent to Brazzaville to prepare for possible violence in the former Zaire.
The marines insist their presence is purely a precautionary measure in light of the dispute that is...
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CLEAN : Fighting erupts in Congo capital thousands flee
CLEAN : Fighting erupts in Congo capital thousands flee
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Sassou Nguesso seeks to extend 32 year rule in Congo vote
CLEAN : Sassou Nguesso seeks to extend 32 year rule in Congo vote
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CLEAN : Police summons for Congo candidate Mokoko on eve of poll source
CLEAN : Police summons for Congo candidate Mokoko on eve of poll source
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CLEAN : FILE Congo leaders bid to extend rule approved by referendum
CLEAN : FILE Congo leaders bid to extend rule approved by referendum
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Congos youth choose between unemployment and hard labour
CLEAN : Congos youth choose between unemployment and hard labour
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : FILE: Denis Sassou Nguesso and Congo prepare for elections
CLEAN : FILE: Denis Sassou Nguesso and Congo prepare for elections
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CLEAN : DR Congo PM condemns Beni attack as act of terrorism
CLEAN : DR Congo PM condemns Beni attack as act of terrorism
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CLEAN : Congo probes claims of sex abuse by C Africa peacekeepers
CLEAN : Congo probes claims of sex abuse by C Africa peacekeepers
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Embattled DR Congo opposition leader vows to return home
CLEAN : Embattled DR Congo opposition leader vows to return home
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Congo's Sassou Nguesso wins third term (2)
CLEAN : Congo's Sassou Nguesso wins third term (2)