(29 Oct 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Dakar, Senegal – 23 October 2024
1. SOUNDBITE (English) Sam Mednick, The Associated Press: ++PARTIALLY OVERLAID BY SHOTS 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6++
“United Nations peacekeepers in Congo were meant to leave the country in December, but soaring violence in the east by Rwanda-backed rebels has meant for now, the peacekeepers are staying. The UN missions been there for more than 20 years tasked with protecting the population, but many Congolese feel like nothing’s changed since they’ve arrived, and that no one is properly defending them. On a rare embed, Associated Press reporters went to a United Nations base a few miles from the frontlines, where they said that they are defending hundreds of thousands of displaced people. The UN also says that it is training Congo’s army to defend the country as well as protect the population. It is unclear right now when the UN is going to leave. The government has said that it is going to create a new timeline for their departure. It is also unclear who is going to step into the gap once the peacekeepers finally do leave.”
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo – 28 August 2024
++NIGHT SHOTS++
2. UN armoured vehicles leaving Monusco camp on patrol
3. UN peacekeeper talking on walkie-talkie from armoured vehicle
4. Various of MONUSCO peacekeepers on foot patrol
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Saké, Democratic Republic of Congo – 31 August 2024
++DAY SHOT++
5. Street with truck carrying goods and motorcycles
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Muja, Democratic Republic of Congo – 29 August 2024
6. Wide of camp for the internally displaced
STORYLINE:
The United Nations peacekeepers in Congo were meant to leave the country in December, but soaring violence in the east by Rwanda-backed rebels has meant they are staying for now.
UN missions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have been there for more than 20 years.
They are tasked with protecting the population, but many Congolese feel like nothing’s changed since they’ve arrived, and that no one is properly defending them.
On a rare embed, Associated Press reporters went to a United Nations base a few miles from the frontlines, where they said that they are defending hundreds of thousands of displaced people.
The UN also says that it is training Congo’s army to defend the country as well as protect the population.
It is unclear right now when the UN is going to leave. The government has said that it is going to create a new timeline for their departure.
It is also unclear who is going to step into the gap once the peacekeepers finally do leave.
Eastern Congo continues to be ravaged by more than 120 armed groups seeking a share of the mineral-rich region.
The violence is occasioned by rampant mass killings and has displaced nearly 7 million people.
AP video shot by Justin Kabumba
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