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DR CONGO / PROTECTION
STORY: DR CONGO / PROTECTION
TRT: 3:00
SOURCE: MONUC
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: NATS / ENGLISH / SWAHILI
DATELINE: 25 - 26 MARCH 2010, ICHUNGA, KIBUA, NORTH KIVU PROVINCE, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
1. Wide shot, women carrying luggage as soldier watches
2. Med shot, women carrying luggage
3. Med shot, two soldiers watching
4. Close up, holding gun
5. Med shot, women with luggage
6. Med shot, 2 soldiers on top of a Jeep
7. Close up, soldier on Jeep
8. Pan right, people walking
9. Med walking shot, soldier walking with people
10. Med shot, Gun on jeep with people walking
11. Close up, girls carrying luggage
12. Wide shot, soldiers leading the people
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Major Dev Panwar, Indian Army, United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo:
“We started to patrol on foot, around 16 km one way. This was difficult for us. So after 10 days of taking over our area of responsibility, we started using vehicles which enhanced our operational reach.”
14. Med shot, People walking behind vehicle with UN flag
15. Pan shot, people stop to drink water
16. Close up, many people
17. Close up, woman drinking water
18. Med shot, soldier on Jeep
19. Med shot, people start walking
20. Close up, soldier in cap amid people
21. Wide shot, soldiers and people walking
22. Close up, soldier clinging on Jeep
23. Close up, people walking past soldier
24. Wide shot, ambulance
25. Close up, girl in red running behind Jeep
26. Wide shot, soldier watches people passing by
27. Close up, woman carrying baby
28. SOUNDBITE (English) Major Dev Panwar, Indian Army, United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo:
“Once we get them to the market after about 4 hours of walking, they’re happy. Their leader and everyone else who is there will thank us.”
29. Various shots, market
30. SOUNDBITE (Swahili) Villager:
“Looting and pillaging has now stopped after MONUC started the escorts. But we appeal to them to reinforce soldiers during their operations. ”
31. Close up, soldier waving
32. Close up, people start walking
33. Med shot, people walking back home
34. Close up, two soldiers watching
35. Pan shot, woman carrying luggage
36. Med shot, soldiers watch people pass by
37. Close up, soldier on top driving Jeep
38. Wide shot, people walking in front of driving Jeep
39. Med shot, happy man waving at camera.
United Nations Peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) escort villagers traveling long distance to a market in the country's North Kivu Province where the Congolese national army and the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) are suspected of committing human rights abuses including widespread rape and sexual violence.
In an effort to protect the civilians, the peacekeepers from the UN Mission in the DRC’s (MONUC) escorted the local population 16 kilometers from a small village in Walikale to in a market in Kibua.
The peacekeepers are expected to escort the villagers every Friday.
SOUNDBITE (English) Major Dev Panwar, Indian Army, UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo:
“We started to patrol on foot, around 16 km one way. This was difficult for us. So after 10 days of taking over our area of responsibility, we started using vehicles which enhanced our operational reach.”
Carrying heavy loads on their backs and with babies on top, these people struggle to reach the market to sell their goods for survival.
Thousands of civilians mostly women and children have to endure the rough terrain walking and sometimes running to make sure they reach the market.
The peacekeepers from the Indian Army were brought to Kibua several months ago due to insecurity in the area.
SOUNDBITE (Swahili) Villager:
“Looting and pillaging has now stopped after MONUC started the escorts. But we appeal to them to reinforce soldiers during their operations.”
Many of these people are afraid of being attacked by the FDLR, a rebel group implicated in the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
The FDLR is still active in the two Kivus, despite suffering a heavy blow in the joint military operation between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and neighboring Rwanda a year ago.
The rebel group has been accused of killing civilians, raping, looting, pillaging, and burning of villages.
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