11.   He said shelling and shooting during the same period between the Banyamulenge rebels and the Zairean army had claimed few lives.

12.   He did not however name Rwanda, which Zaire has accused of supporting the Tutsi rebels fighting Zairean army troops.

13.   He said shelling and shooting during the same period between the Banyamulenge rebels and the Zairean army had claimed few lives in the town.

14.   He said Zairean army troops were coming through the camp, and that there was a heavy presence there of former Rwandan Hutu soldiers.

15.   He said the Zairean army had to boot the invaders out of the country and warned of an imminent counter-attack.

16.   However a rebel spokesman dismissed the government denial, insisting that Zairean army troops had been routed, leaving a large quantity of arms and material.

17.   Hundreds of thousands of Hutu refugees have fled their camps in eastern Zaire where fighting is raging between Zairean Tutsi rebels known as Banyamulenge and the Zairean army.

18.   In a new turn in the conflict in central Africa, Ugandan troops have captured a northeast town, a spokesman for the Zairean army said Sunday.

19.   In the meantime, Kabila and his forces would be allowed into the capital Kinshasa peacefully in coordination with the Zairean army.

20.   Fighting has raged in parts of the country, where the regular Zairean army is attempting to wrestle back control of the area.