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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees appealed today for safe passage for tens of thousands of refugees seeking to return to Rwanda after a five-month odyssey in the war-torn rain forest of eastern Zaire. The refugees are scattered along…

5:16 AM EST LOME, Togo (Reuter) - A Zairian rebel representative, in Togo for a summit on the Zaire crisis, Wednesday rejected sharing power with ailing President Mobutu Sese Seko's political party before elections. Bizima Karaha, foreign policy strategist for rebel leader…

Translated from a document produced by Entraide Missionnaire (Emi) - MontrealThe War Continues It is well known that on February 18, the Security Council of the United Nations adopted a five point plan aimed at putting an…

BRUSSELS (Mar 26, 1997 08:49 a.m. EST) Belgium plans further contacts with Laurent Kabila, the rebel leader who has captured about a quarter of Belgium's former colony Zaire, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday. On Tuesday, the Belgian government had a…

President Mobutu Sese Seko makes his first concessions to the rebels -- but he's probably offering too little, too late, to impress the rebels, reports CHRIS MCGREAL PRESIDENT MOBUTU SESE SEKO has opened the door to negotiation with the rebel…

Says the cobbler on the street corner: "Mobutu doesn't just go to France to die ... he keeps coming back to haunt us ... Even if we bury him and burn his body, we will never escape." Mobutu keeps…

France and the United States have launched a joint diplomatic bid to push for a ceasefire in Zaire. They are also trying to arrange talks between Zairean President Mobutu Sese Seko and rebels fighting to overthrow him. The French Foreign Ministry…

High Commissioner in South Africa: The High Commissioner, Mrs Sadako Ogata, is currently in South Africa, where she will today address the South African Parliament. Yesterday she held talks with President Mandela which focussed on the situation in the…

5:07 PM EST CAPE TOWN, South Africa (Reuter) The head of the United Nation's refugee agency Tuesday slammed the international community over the crisis in Zaire and said the refugee situation there was the worst her agency had faced. U.N. High…

DATE=3/25/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-212028 TITLE=ZAIRE SUMMIT SCENESETTER (S-ONLY) BYLINE=PURNELL MURDOCK DATELINE=KINSHASA CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ZAIRIAN GOVERNMENT AND THE ZAIRIAN REBEL GROUP WILL MEET FOR THE FIRST TIME AT A SPECIAL ORGANIZATION OF AFRICAN UNITY SUMMIT IN LOME POGO TODAY (WEDNESDAY). VOA CORRESPONDENT PURNELL…