21.   The central African country has plunged into a civil war which has seen up to half a million people slaughtered in two months of carnage.

22.   The country plunged into a bloodbath last April after president Juvenal Habyarimana died in a suspect rocket attack on his plane.

23.   The Horn of African country plunged into factional bloodletting as rebel leaders who had waged war against Barre turned on each other to battle for territory and resources.