21.   The latest violence is attributed to rebel militias directed from neighboring Zaire and Tanzania by a former Hutu interior minister and reprisal attacks by the military.

22.   U.N. aid workers also believe some of the food aid, which they distribute only to women, is passed to children or relatives who fight with rebel militias.

23.   A rebel leader in eastern Zaire launched an appeal Monday for Scouts to join the rebel militia to help rid the streets of crime.