1. Zairean rebels marched into Kinshasa Saturday after President Mobutu Sese Seko abandoned the capital and his three-decade dictatorship, the Associated Press reported. 2. China on Tuesday denied claims by Zairean rebels that Chinese troops have arrived in the troubled African nation to support its embattled president. 3. They are trapped between the Zairean rebels and the Zairean army. 4. Zairean rebel leader, Laurent Kabila, demanded the unconditional surrender of President Mobutu, Friday, increasing fears of civil war in the capital. 5. Zairean rebels control the airport. 6. Zairean rebels said Thursday they will ask the United States and some European states to block any accounts and assets of President Mobutu Sese Seko in their countries. 7. Gunfire was heard in the Zairean rebel stronghold of Goma on Saturday, journalists said, but there was no immediate explanation for the shots. 8. Having the Zairean rebels at their backs would weaken UNITA. 9. He denied press reports that Zairean rebel and official envoys had met behind closed doors in Cape Town with South African Deputy President Thabo Mbeki. 10. He has denied charges by Kinshasa that his army is supporting the Zairean rebels. |