VARIOUS: DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO ANNOUNCES DEATH OF PRESIDENT LAURENT KABILA ON STATE TELEVISION

Record ID: 975418

  • Title: VARIOUS: DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO ANNOUNCES DEATH OF PRESIDENT LAURENT KABILA ON STATE TELEVISION
  • Date: 19th January 2001
  • Summary: KINSHASA, DRC (JANUARY 18, 2001) (DRC TV) 1. STATE TELEVISION BROADCAST (SOUNDBITE) (French) DRC COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER DOMINIQUE SAKOMBI SAYING "The people of Congo, my dear compatriots, the Democratic Republic of Congo is in mourning. The government of the republic, has the profound and sad duty to announce to the Congolese people, the death of the president of the republic, head of state, head of government, supreme commander of the Congolese armed forces, Laurent Desire Kabila on Thursday 18th January 2001 at ten am." 0.54 KINSHASA, DRC (FILE - MAY 29, 1997) (REUTERS) 2. MV/SCU KABILA BEING SWORN IN AS DRC PRESIDENT; SLV STADIUM (3 SHOTS) 1.12 KINSHASA, DRC (JANUARY 17, 2001) (DRC TV) 3. MV KABILA'S SON, JOSEPH KABILA, NOW INTERIM HEAD OF STATE, GREETING GOVERNMENT MINISTERS 1.28 HARARE, ZIMBABWE (JANUARY 17, 2001) (ZTV - NO ACCESS ZIMBABWE/INTERNET) 4. MV STUDIO WITH TV PRESENTER AND DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC) AMBASSADOR KIKAYA BIN KARUBI (SOUNDBITE) (ENGLISH) KIKAYA BIN KARUBI DESCRIBING THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE ATTACK ON PRESIDENT KABILA, SAYING: "Shortly after half past two in the afternoon Kinshasa time, President Kabila has just finished his daily briefing with his army commanders and he was busy talking to his principal economic adviser. It is at that time that one of his bodyguards, a man very close to him, one of the few people who could approach the president with his weapon, approached the president and started talking to him and it is then that he reached for his weapon and started shooting. Obviously it was a small pistol, he shot five rounds." 2.08 BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (JANUARY 18, 2001)(REUTERS - ACC) 5. SLV NEWS CONFERENCE OF DRC OPPOSITION ETIENNE TSHISEKEDI; MV JOURNALISTS (3 SHOTS) 2.17 7. (SOUNDBITE)(French) ETIENNE TSHISEKEDI SAYING "I am going to run for the presidential job, that is sure. I have always said without false modesty that I can count on a lot of support from the Congolese people, so I will play the role according to the wishes of the Congolese people." 2.31 8. SLV NEWS CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS 2.35 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: KINSHASA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC)/ HARARE, ZIMBABWE/ BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
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