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Hunting and killing Rwandan refugees in Zaire-Congo - Ep. 3: Under fire in the press

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Episode 3: Under fire in the pressIn November 1996, the offensive led by the ADFL and Rwandan forces empties the camps in eastern Zaire of their population. Some refugees were repatriated to Rwanda and others fled into the neighboring forest. MSF denounces the repatriation conditions and is reproached by the press for "catastrophic" forecasts made a few weeks earlier.This podcast series is produced and mixed by Andrea Rangecroft. Editorial direction is from Nancy Barrett, Laurence Binet, Martin Saulnier, and Rebecca Golden Timsar. The narrator is Nick Owen. The extracts are read by Danielle Stagg and Matthew Wade. Music is by Lost Harmonies and Peter Sendberg  Photo credits: © Frederic Sautereau A special thanks to Rachel Kiddell-Monroe.  This MSF Speaking Out podcast is based on an original MSF case study called ‘The Hunting and Killing of Rwandan Refugees in Zaire-Congo: 1996-1997’. It is written by Laurence Binet and is part of the Speaking Out Case Study series - a project by MSF International. To read the full study and discover other case studies, please go to our website: msf.org/speakingout   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 3: Under fire in the pressIn November 1996, the offensive led by the ADFL and Rwandan forces empties the camps in eastern Zaire of their population. Some refugees were repatriated to Rwanda and others fled into the neighboring forest. MSF denounces the repatriation conditions and is reproached by the press for "catastrophic" forecasts made a few weeks earlier.This podcast series is produced and mixed by Andrea Rangecroft. Editorial direction is from Nancy Barrett, Laurence Binet, Martin Saulnier, and Rebecca Golden Timsar. The narrator is Nick Owen. The extracts are read by Danielle Stagg and Matthew Wade. Music is by Lost Harmonies and Peter Sendberg  Photo credits: © Frederic Sautereau A special thanks to Rachel Kiddell-Monroe.  This MSF Speaking Out podcast is based on an original MSF case study called ‘The Hunting and Killing of Rwandan Refugees in Zaire-Congo: 1996-1997’. It is written by Laurence Binet and is part of the Speaking Out Case Study series - a project by MSF International. To read the full study and discover other case studies, please go to our website: msf.org/speakingout   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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