71.   African heads of state dropped the second day of a two-day summit on the turmoil in the Great Lakes region Tuesday and were returning home.

72.   African heads of state were Friday due to attend a summit meeting of the Organisation of African Unity in Addis Ababa to discuss the crisis in Madagascar.

73.   Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was expected at the Cairo airport to greet the African heads of state as police applied stringent security measures for fear of Moslem militant attacks.

74.   Five other African heads of state were also expected to take part in the Dakar talks.

75.   The next step was to set up a meeting between Mobutu and the four African heads of state mandated to coordinate the peace process, Mandela said Monday.

76.   The two warring sides came under pressure to stop fighting Tuesday in talks with four African heads of state, including South African President Nelson Mandela.

77.   The spokesman, Jacques Rummelhardt, said Paris supports mediation efforts launched by four African heads of state at the Franco-African summit in Ouagadougou last month.

78.   The summit opened after a breakfast for a score of French-speaking African heads of state and government.

79.   The two met face-to-face Sunday during talks organized with five African heads of state to try to negotiate an end to the bloody conflict in the former French colony.

80.   The truce was signed between the government and mutineers under the auspices of a committee of African heads of state.