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La France a décidé d'évacuer ses ressortissants du Rwanda. Il faut dire que la nuit dernière les affrontements armés ont commencé dans la capitale Kigali

Card Number 22496

Number
22496
Author
Claude, Hervé
Author
Lapeyronie, Didier
Date
5 octobre 1990
Ymd
19901005
Time
13:00:00
Time zone
CEST
Uptitle
Journal de 13 heures [1:52]
Title
La France a décidé d'évacuer ses ressortissants du Rwanda. Il faut dire que la nuit dernière les affrontements armés ont commencé dans la capitale Kigali
Subtitle
150 parachutistes français arrivés hier soir [4 octobre] au Rwanda sont présents sur l'aéroport.
Size
38971230 bytes
Source
Public records
Type
Journal télévisé
Language
FR
Abstract
- Rwanda in the civil war. France decides to evacuate its nationals and sends paratroopers to protect them.
- Rwanda to fire and blood. Rwanda is a very small country in the heart of Africa and even if it is very small, it is home to two different ethnic groups. For 20 years these two ethnic groups had lived in a precarious calm. Now it's over. France has decided to evacuate its nationals from Rwanda. To protect them, she sent a contingent of 150 paratroopers.
- Belgium, which had already sent 400 yesterday, is sending a second contingent today. It must be said that last night the armed clashes began in the capital of Rwanda, Kigali.
- Events are accelerating in Rwanda where five hours of fighting last night in the streets of Kigali between the Rwandan army and rebels led France to take the decision to proceed with the evacuation of its nationals. Bonn, for its part, gave the green light for the possible evacuation of the Germans, while South Koreans, present in Rwanda, have also decided to leave the country.
- In Brussels, a spokesperson for the Belgian Foreign Ministry said that Belgium had absolutely no immediate intention of evacuating its nationals. 1,630 Belgians are present in the land of a thousand hills, where 600 French and 400 Germans also live.
- After the night's fighting, calm returned this morning to the Rwandan capital. Airlines such as Air France or Kenya Airways have however decided to cancel the stopover in Kigali, considered a combat zone. However, 150 French paratroopers who arrived last night [October 4] in Rwanda are present at the airport.