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FA105. Collection of 5 French press photos of the official visit of French Interior Minister Charles Pasqua to Gabon. Meeting with Omar Bongo, visit to a medical research facility in Franceville. Also a photo of Bongo with Rene Journiac, who later died in a plane crash in Cameroun. Descriptions on reverse.

BA060. Archive of 99 French press photos of the insurgency in Shaba province in Zaire in 1978, known as Shaba II. Shown are French troops landing at Kolwezi airport, captured weapons, aerial view of Kulwazi, Zairan troops at Kolwezi airport, local guard awaiting arrival of Mobuto to inspect recaptured territory, atrocities, rescued Europeans, Jean Baptiste Mpondo, Massacred Europeans, French paratroopers in action, etc. All described on back.

FA067. 19 French press photos from the French-African Summit in October, 1983 in Vittel, France. Shown are different African leaders.

BA071. Group of 8 French press photos mostly of the visit of Mitterand to Zaire in 1984. Photos of Mobutu and his wife. Also shown is African leaders witnessing the swearing-in of Mobutu for a third seven-year term, as well as Mobutu in Paris in 1983 for the Franco-African Summit.

FA066. 19 French press photos of David Dacko (President of CAR from 1960-1966 and 1979-1981) and Ange Patasse (President of CAR from 1993-2003).

FA069. Group of 9 French press photos of General De Gaulle meeting with African chiefs and war veterans during the July 14th celebrations in Paris in 1965. Some photos damages. BA059. Three French press photos of Zaire, 1991-1993. Shown are Etienne Tshisekedi w Mulumba, Belgian refugees fleeing Zaire and large reservoir construction.

PA076. 1974 French press photos of Pedro Pires, head of the PAIGC delegation for the liberation of Guinea Bissau and the Cape Verde Islands; also the prison camp Tarrafal on Santiago Island.

FA190. Two French press photos of Chad. Shown are Kinimi Ede-Mi (1987) and M. Pierre Djime Ro-Alingar, the new Chad ambassador to France (1975)

FA056. French press photo archive of President Bokassa of the Central African Republic covering the period 1969-1984. Covers visits to France, his sons marriage to a French lady in Bangui, Ambassador Sylvestre Bangui following the massacre in 1979, Bokassa residence in Paris, French soldiers following the French coup against Bokassa in 1979, economic shortages among the local population, Emperor Bokassa's personal jet, members of the committee appointed by the Franco-African Summit to investigate the massacre of over 100 children in 1979, Madame Brook the only female member of the Inquiry Committee, prisoners of the 'Empire' in Bangui, Bokassa's missing daughter confusion, metal statue of Bokassa behind a workshop, Bokassa's visit to China, ets. Also shown are a number of photos of Ange Patasse who was the rival of President Dacko in 1979. Press conferences, meeting with Libyan ambassador, resignation following massacre. 59 photos in all, most with descriptions on reverse

PTO246. Group of six French press photos on apartheid in South Africa between 1976-1985. Shown are police hippocar in Soweto, Mr. Oboza director of the South African Black newspaper "The World" before his arrest, funeral for 18 victims of apartheid, photos of Ronald Woods and Beyers Naude Staunch.

PA078. Six French press photos relating to Angola from 1974-1981. Shown are Sam Nujona, president of SWAPO presenting an exposition in Addis Abeba of captured weapons from South African troops; Admiral Leonel Cardosa handing over Angola to the Angolan people; destruction in the center from a South African air attack; the three national leaders of Angola meeting in Mombasa on the eve of Angolan independence; a victim of a South African air raid.

FA055. Rare photo of Marcel Bigeard in Chad.

FA062. Collection of 8 French press photos of the voyage of President D'Estang and Raymond Barre in 1978 and 1976 respectively, to Cote D'Ivoire. Photos of President Felix Houphouet Boigny. Also photo of Henri Konan Bédié, Ivorian Minister of Finance, signing letter of credit with Credit Lyonnais in Paris. Also shown is President Houphouet-Boigny in 1969. SML001. Archive of 37 French press photos of Somalia. Refugee camps 1980-1993, rival warlords Ali Mahdi and Mohamed Farah Aidid, Fatan Mohamed Hassan prior to the UN vote to approve a massive US – led military intervention in Somalia, people trying to put out a fire caused by a US airstrike, food aid being offloaded, wanted poster for four Somali warlords, supporters of General Mohamed Farah Aidid, political propaganda against Clinton, refugees mobbing food, Somalis rallying to General Syad Barre, Russian and Cuban diplomats leaving Somalia, rebels training in El Bur, rare photo of Lieutenant-Colonel Mahmoud Mohammed Hashi 'Shabel', base under construction by Soviets in Berbera, French hostage wife Mrs Boucault, Somali Ambassador to France, Somalis living in Baghdad demonstrating in front of the UN office the US missile attack and policy in Somalia, also photos from conflict with Ethiopia.

PTO274. Collection of 13 photos of President Mobutu during the insurgency in Shaba province in Zaire in 1978. He is shown conferring with army officers, inspecting an airfield after its recapture, saluting an intervention army in 1979, meeting with French officers, funeral service for 'Mama Mobutu.

FA085. Two French press photos of President Charles De Gaulle meeting with West African veterans of World War 2. Also a press photo of Senegalese President Abdou Diouf during his election campaign in Kcalack, south of Dakar, February 18, 1983.

FA193. Four French press photos of the French Congo from 1959-1961. Shown are Tunisian troops embarking for the Congo; Abbe Fulbert Youlou; Congolese delegation to New York; arrival of Zimba the elephant in the USA.

PTO248. Four French press photos of the French Congo from 1959-1961. Shown are Tunisian troops embarking for the Congo; Abbe Fulbert Youlou; Congolese delegation to New York; arrival of Zimba the elephant in the USA.

PTO278. Four French press photos of Rwanda president Juvenal Habyarimana 1974-1984.

FA136. Four French press photos of the French Congo from 1959-1961. Shown are Tunisian troops embarking for the Congo; Abbe Fulbert Youlou; Congolese delegation to New York; arrival of Zimba the elephant in the USA.

BA091. Press photo from Zaire of soldiers during an uprising

FA134. 1974 French press photo of Senegal President Leopold Sedar Senghor with Portuguese Foreign Minister Mario Soares.

PTO276. Collection of 9 French press photos of President Mobutu visiting Paris between 1971 and 1980.

PTO273. 8 French press photos of the visit of President Giscard d'Estaing to Zaire in 1975

PA075. 1974 French press photo of General Antonio de Spinola, with the Portuguese army in Guinee.

FA189. Three French press photos of Mali. Shown are the Minister of Education with UNESCO staff in 1968; health care and surveying in Bamako

PTO277. French press photo of General Eluki Mongo Aundu.

PTO266. Two French press photos of W. Beverly Carter Jr., newly appointed US ambassador to Liberia. 1976

BA090. French press photo of the child of the Chief of Katanga, 1960

FA197. Eight French press photos of Niger President Diori Hamani, 1960-1973.

FA194. Six French press photos of Senegal leaders from 1960-1984. Shown are Mamadou Dia, Leopold Senghor and Abdou Diouf.

FA192. Two French press photos of Togo interest. Shown are President Etienne Eyadema (1974) and Mr. Ajaron, president of the Togo Assembly (1957).

BA140. Four French press photos of Ralph Bunche in the Belgian Congo, 1960-1963. Also a photo of M. Bamba following the 1966 coup.

BRA144. Three French press photos of Sir Abubakar Tawefa Balewa, taken in 1966.

FA196. Two French press photos. One of Haute-Volta President Sangoule Lamizana (1974) and Joseph Conombo (1957)

PTO253. French press photo of Nicholas Mugo, French ambassador to Kenya, 1976.

SML105. Four French press photos of Somali president General Mohmed Syad Barre, taken in 1974. Also a photo of a demonstration in Djibouti.

BRA148. 1976 French press photo of Dawda Jawara, president of Gambia.

BRA145. 1956 French press photo of William Tubman, president of Liberia.

BRA146. 1962 French press photo of Krobo Edusei, Ghana's Minister of Industry

PA077. Three French press photos of Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, president of Equatorial Guinea, meeting with President Giscard D'Estaing in 1980

PTO301. Collection of 9 French press photos of Cameroon President Ahmadou Ahidjo in 1976

FA188. Three 1979 French press photos of Sassou Nguesso, president of French Congo.

FA198. Two French press photos of Saifoulaye Diallo, Minister of State for Guinee, 1963-1964.

BA086. Four large format photos of colonial military. Presenting a medal to a local gendarme, praying in church.

PTO265. French press photo of Ghana president Dr. Hilla Lamann, in Bonn, 1981

BRA059. French press photo of Stephen Smith, a Stanford University student, released in Tanzania, July 26, 1975 after being kidnapped on May 19

PTO279. Collection of 4 French press photos of the visit of Zaire president Mobutu to Tanzania in 1974. Shown with Tanzanian president.

PA041. Three French press photos of Jose Eduardo Dos Santos taken in 1987.

FA068. Group of 11 French press photos from different French-African Summits under President D'Estaing between 1975-1980.

FA135. 982 French press photo of Niger head of state Seyni Kountché

SA141. Rare 1934 French press photo of a local mule race to honor the visit of Prince George to Bechuanaland

BRA049. 1956 press photo of Queen Margaret's visit to Dar Es Salaam.

BRA147. 1968 French press photo of Rolf Steiner, a mercenary fighting in the Biafra War

APH262. 1963 press photo of Haile Selassie with Ghana president Nkrumah in Addis Ababa

BA141. Six Spanish press photos of the 1967 "Mercenaries Revolt" in the Democratic Republic of Congo

FA100. AGIP French press photo of Madam Medoune Fall, wife of the Senegal Ambassador to France.

PTO259. French press photo of Samuel K. Doe, new president of Liberia, following the coup of April 1980

FA195. 1961 French press photo of Moktar Ould Dadda, President of the Republic of Mauritania

FA191. Two French press photos of Cameroon Presidents Ahmadou Ahidjo (1974) and Paul Baya (1985).

FA051. 7 French press photos of Mauritania during the military coup period. Photos of President Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidallah (1976-1980)

PTO300. 6 French press photos of the African Summit in Burundi in 1984.

PTO275. 5 French press photos of President Mobutu from 1965-1966.