31.   Deputy President Thabo Mbeki will represent South Africa at a two-day African heads of state meeting on the Zaire conflict in Nairobi, Kenya, starting Wednesday.

32.   Further attempts by African heads of state from Burkina Faso, Zimbabwe and Djibouti have also made little headway.

33.   Gunmen pour a fusillade of bullets into a motorcade carrying Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to a summit of African heads of state Monday.

34.   Gunmen tried to kill Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak Monday, opening fire on his motorcade as he arrived in Ethiopia for a summit of African heads of state.

35.   Gunmen opened fire on the motorcade of President Hosni Mubarak on Monday as he arrived in Ethiopia for a summit of African heads of state.

36.   Gunmen tried to kill Egypt President Hosni Mubarak on Monday, opening fire on his motorcade as he arrived in Ethiopia for a summit of African heads of state.

37.   He said the panel will also visit France, Belgium, the United States and Canada and submit its findings to African heads of state.

38.   He was speaking to journalists at the end of a three-day summit of African heads of state in Burkina Faso.

39.   He urged Chiluba, who has been mandated by African heads of state to secure a peace deal, to persist with his peace efforts.

40.   In addition to African heads of state, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is also attending the summit.