1.   Following a meeting with rebel leader Ernest Wamba dia Wamba last week, President Nelson Mandela will meet with Rwandan strongman Vice-President Paul Kagame on Friday in Pretoria.

2.   General Paul Kagame, vice-president and Rwandan strongman, said Friday that Rwandans were involved in fighting in eastern Zaire, but insisted they were not government forces.

3.   After meeting Monday in Kigali with Rwandan strongman Paul Kagame, US emissary Bill Richardson was expected to travel to Botswana on Tuesday.

4.   Assistant UN High Commissioner for Refugees Sergio Vieira de Mello on Tuesday held talks with Rwandan military strongman Paul Kagame on the plight of Rwandan refugees in Zaire.

5.   But Rwandan strongman General Paul Kagame said Wednesday that Rwanda would defend itself if attacked.

6.   But Rwandan strongman Paul Kagame said Wednesday that Rwanda would defend itself if attacked.

7.   The rebel victory also came the day after Rwandan strongman General Paul Kagame spelled out clearly that the Kabila had the support of countries of the Great Lakes region.

8.   The Rwandan strongman denied that Rwanda had any territorial ambitions.

9.   There are suspicions here that such a policy has the backing of Rwandan strongman Paul Kagame, fearing the return of armed Hutu elements among the refugees.

10.   Rwandan strongman General Paul Kagame acknowledged for the first time that Rwandan forces fired across the border on Tuesday and Wednesday following shelling from Zairean forces.