91.   The unidentified Zimbabwe spokesman said the allies thwarted rebel advances on the diamond center of Mbuji-Mayi and the southern provincial capital of Lubumbashi.

92.   There were unconfirmed reports that foreign mercenaries were helping Zairian troops try to rebuff the rebel advance.

93.   The Zairian army said Wednesday it was moving battleships to the south of Lake Tanganyika to head off rebel advances in strategic port cities there.

94.   They were lobbing mortar shells on the airport and seaport before the government bought new planes and other weapons and halted the rebel advance in May.

95.   Thousands of Congolese nationals have fled into Bangui since the beginning of the month, fearing a rebel advance.

96.   Village near front line fears rebel advance.

97.   Zimbabwean and allied southern African troops from Angola and Namibia repulsed a rebel advance on the Congolese capital, Kinshasa, in August.

98.   Zimbawean soldiers allied with Kabila said Tuesday that they had stopped the rebel advance toward Kinshasa, located in western Congo.

99.   Zairian troops have generally fled before the rebel advance, looting as they went.

100.   Zimbabwe had earlier deployed troops to help Kabila ward off rebel advances on the capital of Kinshasa.