11.   The Congolese rebels did not sign the Lusaka peace accord because they squabbled at the last moment over who would represent one of their groups.

12.   The Congolese rebels have been allowed to participate in preparatory negotiations.

13.   The first is the battle between Kabila and the Congolese rebels fighting to overthrow him.

14.   They are allied with three Congolese rebel groups, which have also skirmished with one another.

15.   This week, the Congolese rebels, strongly backed by Rwanda and to an extent by Uganda too, closed in on the capital, Kinshasa.

16.   President Robert Mugabe accused Rwanda and Uganda, which are backing Congolese rebels, of obstructing peace moves in the Congo civil war.

17.   A Congolese rebel delegation stormed out of peace talks in Zimbabwe on Tuesday, just before a draft of a cease-fire agreement was expected to be signed.

18.   A Congolese rebel commander said Thursday government troops loyal to President Laurent Kabila had retaken three towns in northwestern Congo after a week of aerial bombing.

19.   A congolese rebel delegation angrily abandoned separate negotiations Tuesday in Zimbabwe just before a draft of a ease-fire agreement was expected to be signed.

20.   A Congolese rebel faction backed by Uganda said Saturday it captured a northwestern town after it was abandoned by government forces loyal to President Laurent Kabila.