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...

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius welcomed on Thursday the unanimous approval of a French-sponsored UN Security Council resolution aimed at restoring security and protecting civilians in the Central African...

French/Nat

Zaire's new prime minister General Likulia Bolongo has met his new cabinet in Kinshasa as the grip of President Mobutu weakened still fur
ther.
General Bolongo, who replaced opposition...

1. Wide of crowd gathered waiting to be addressed by rebel leader, Laurent Nkunda

2. Two children wa
iting
3. Nkunda (in the beige hat) arriving, surrounded
officials
4. Wide of
crowd...

French/Nat

Rwanda's government has called on international agencies to intervene and save lives of Tutsis being persecuted by the Congolese authorities, reports state-run Radio...

1. Various arrival of Hubert Vedrine and Jack Straw at airport, being greeted by Rwandan officials

2. Various of foreign ministers meeting Rwandan President Paul Ka
game
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Jack Straw...

Pope Francis pleaded for renewed dialogue and a furthering of the peace process in Ukraine and Central African Republic at the end of his Sunday prayer at the Vatican on Sunday.

Thousands gathered outside St. Peter's...

Thousands of people gathered at the airport at the Central African Republic's capital of Bangui on Friday, seeking refuge from the Muslim rebel group-turned de facto government known as Seleka.

The French...

1. Wide of police water cannon

2. Mid of demonstrators waving Congolese flag blocking police car, one demonstrator lies on the hood of th
e car
3. Wide of scuffles between Congolese protesters and police officers,...

Opposition to Laurent Kabila's new government in the Democratic Republic of Congo appeared to wane Friday, with only a few hundred turning out for an anti-Kabila march in Kinshasa.

VS anti-government march along str
eet;...

Kirumba, North of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo

1. Arrival of DRC government and military delegation from Kinshasa, shaking hands with military leaders of renegade f
orces
2. Armed body guards of both...

1. High shot of Dakar skyline

2. Mid of truck unloading cement b
locks
3. Mid
of police
4. Various of workers working
on the pavement
5. Mid of police d
irecting the...

English/Nat

As the international community continues to struggle over what to do with the refugee crisis in Zaire and Rwanda, it is left with two questions: how many refugees are...

Eng/French/Nat

The last remaining foreign aid workers fled the eastern Zairean city of Bukavu on Monday, as chaos spread and mortar shells exploded on the...

1. Wide of mock EU Foreign Ministers meeting, bloodied effigy on conference table representing victim of conflict in DR Congo

2. Tilt-up from sign on meeting table reading (English): "Ministers Talk While...

1. Various of crowd running alongside the convoy of opposition presidential candidate Etienne Tshisekedi running for the Union for Democracy and Social Progress Party (UDPS)

2. Armed...