111.   Shaba said he remained resolved to fight the government.

112.   Several guerrilla groups have been fighting the government for decades.

113.   Several rebel groups have been fighting the government for more than three decades.

114.   Since then, it has been fighting the government from the jungles.

115.   Several said at the time that they were tired of years of uncertainty and were not going to fight the government.

116.   Sudan and Eritrea severed diplomatic relations some two years ago following an exchange of charges that they were supporting rebels fighting their governments.

117.   Sudan has accused Eritrea, Ethiopia and Uganda of aiding southern rebels fighting the government in Khartoum.

118.   Sudan has accused Uganda of aiding rebels fighting the government in Khartoum, a charge Uganda denies.

119.   The abductors are believed to be renegade members of the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front, the biggest Muslim rebel group still fighting the government.

120.   Taylor has been accused by diplomats of arming and funding rebels fighting the government of President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah in neighboring Sierra Leone.