41.   Zairian rebels advanced to the edge of Kinshasa Saturday after President Mobutu Sese Seko abandoned the capital and his three-decade dictatorship.

42.   Zaire rebels advance toward important city.

43.   Fighting pitting Zairean Tutsi rebels known as Banyamulenge against the Zairean army has raged around Uvira, farther south, and the rebels have been advancing towards Bukavu.

44.   Government forces apparently fled the city and fighting died down early Monday while the rebels advanced, heading for the Sainte-Famille church in the city centre.

45.   Government forces apparently fled the city as the situation was calm early Monday while the rebels advanced in downtown Kigali.

46.   Aid agencies Friday began pulling out staff from a massive refugee camp in eastern Zaire amid rising tension in the region, where rebels are advancing against government troops.

47.   All aid workers were flown out of Kisangani amid reports that the rebels were advancing on the city.

48.   Amid reports that Zairean Tutsi rebels were advancing on Lubutu to the south, aid workers fear that refugees could once again be caught up in the fighting.

49.   An official of the ousted Rwandan government in Goma said rebels had advanced on their last camp in Gisenyi, but had not yet captured the town.

50.   As the rebels advanced the Zairean armed forces to whom she referred pulled out of the town, looting as they went.