Zaire Refugee crisis

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(14 Nov 1996) T/I: 10:53:57 • • • Refugees continued to flee from strife-torn areas of Eastern Zaire on Thursday (14/11) as fighting between Zairean Tutsi rebels and Rwandan Hutu militias flared up around Goma. Overhead the sounds of shelling could be heard as refugees arrived by boat at Goma Port on the shores of Lake Kivu, many of them injured and in need of medical attention. Meanwhile in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, an advance team of US soldiers was preparing to launch an effort to ensure aid reaches the refugees. • • SHOWS: • • ZAIRE / RWANDA 14/11 • • GOMA, ZAIRE • VS refugees arriving by boat at Goma Port; • WS hundreds of refugees at the port, • cu belongings, • soldiers search refugees for weapons, • more arrivals; • Man carries small injured child, • CU child's injured face; • WS Lake, • with boat carrying refugees; • Sounds of gunfire, • plane overhead; • • KIGALI, RWANDA • Major General Edwin Smith arrives for media briefing at US embassy in • Kigali, • cutaway media; • SOT Major General Edwin Smith, saying One of the things we have to consider very carefully is the threat. There are multiple, complicated threats in this area and we have to try to look at this from the total perspective and advise in accordance with good, prudent military planning and actions. • VS US troops outside embassy; • • 3.16 • • Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork • Twitter: / ap_archive • Facebook: / aparchives • Instagram: / apnews • • • You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...

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