(25 Nov 2008) HEADLINE: Displaced people in Congo receive aid
CAPTION: Thousands of displaced people who fled to the Ntamugenga region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) were receiving aid on Monday, after escaping renewed violence in the country's east. (Nov. 25)
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Thousands of displaced people in Congo are receiving much needed aid after escaping new violence between government troops and rebels in the eastern part of the country.
SOT Michel Mudinga Aid Worker Which has seen so many people displaced about 250,000 people who have been displaced through this war. And some of the people are in camps; others are living with host families, like where we are now."
About 3,000 people have found shelter in this camp. Many lined up Monday to receive blankets and soap, part of the first aid they've received since fleeing their homes.
Meanwhile, there could be progress toward peace. At the United Nations in New York, the U.N.'s envoy to Congo says the rebel leader wants to sit down with the government to discuss their differences.
SOT The government of Democratic Republic of Congo is not averse to such a dialogue."
So far -- the government has refused to negotiate directly with the rebels.
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Ntamugenga, Democratic Republic of Congo - 24 November 2008
1. Wide top shot of crowd of people displaced by fighting waiting for aid supplies
2. Various of families waiting for aid distribution
3. Various of men passing plastic cans along line
4. Aid workers sitting at registration table
5. Women queuing up to receive aid
6. Mid of registration table
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Michel Mundinga, local aid worker:
"The situation is bad, as we have been hearing from the media, and this is actually from the resumption of conflicts that started at the end of August till now, which has seen so many people displaced - about 250,000 people who have been displaced through this war. And some of the people are in camps; others are living with host families, like where we are now."
8. Various of a parish priest from Goma distributing blankets and soaps to queuing women
9. Wide of aid distribution, as it starts to rain
10. Various of people receiving aid supplies in rain
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11. Pull out of exterior UN
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New York, US - 24 November, 2008
12. SOUNDBITE: (English) Olusegun Obasanjo, United Nations envoy to the DRC:
"My impression is that he (Laurent Nkunda) has made demands that I do not consider outrageous and demands that the government of Democratic Republic of Congo can meet him or decide upon and iron out in a dialogue. And the government of Democratic Republic of Congo is not averse to such a dialogue."
13. Mid of Obasanjo at news conference
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14. Mid of UN flag
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