1.   While Angola is cool to the cease-fire proposal, Uganda and Rwanda support it, perhaps hoping to lock in the gains of their rebel allies.

2.   Bemba and his rebel ally, Ernest Wamba dia Wamba, said they would continue the fight against Kabila.

3.   Bideri indicated that the issue is being raised with Ugandan authorities and their Congolese rebel allies.

4.   But fighting has continued in eastern Congo between Rwandan rebels and Rwandan troops and their Congolese rebel allies.

5.   ECOMOG forces helped return Kabbah to power in March after they ousted a military junta and its rebel allies.

6.   Fighting continues, however, in parts of Sierra Leone, with ousted junta soldiers and their rebel allies killing, maiming and torturing civilians.

7.   Fighting between ECOMOG forces, former junta soldiers and their rebel allies was hampering the ability of aid groups to reach the town.

8.   Garang is still fighting, but six rebel allies signed peace agreements with the government last year.

9.   He became disillusioned with his rebel allies soon after, as they fought side by side against the intervention force, known as ECOMOG.

10.   Hacking off hands and killing at will, junta soldiers and their rebel allies left the town in ruins.