71. Kabila said rebels may attack Tingi-Tingi to drive out Rwandan Hutus allied with the Zairian government, apparently reneging on earlier promises not to do so. 72. Kabila threatened Saturday to attack Tingi-Tingi, the largest refugee camp in eastern Zaire within three days unless Rwandans armed by the Zairian government clear out. 73. Karaha contended the envoys Mobutu sent did not adequately represent the Zairian government. 74. Leon Kalima, a Zairian government spokesman, denied Wednesday that there were foreign mercenaries or troops fighting on behalf of Mobutu. 75. Mandela tried to set up peace talks last month between the Zairian government and rebel leader Laurent Kabila, but the effort proved fruitless. 76. Mandela tried to set up peace talks last month between the Zairian government and Kabila, but the effort proved fruitless. 77. Neither leader spoke to the press before Moi flew home, and the Zairian government did not release details of the meeting. 78. Officials said the delegations sent by the Zairian government and the rebels did not meet directly because Kabila was holding out for a later meeting probably in South Africa. 79. Often hiding among hundreds of thousands of Rwandan refugees, the former Rwandan soldiers have joined Zairian government troops to fight the rebels. 80. Refugees also reported that the Rwandan Hutu militiamen who have joined forces with Zairian government troops are involved in intense fighting with the rebels south and west of Goma. |