21.   Lwangi denied that Balanda was suspended because of his ties to Mobutu Sese Seko, the late Zairian dictator who was ousted earlier this year.

22.   Mahele was the chief of staff and the defense minister in the last government of Zairian dictator Mobutu Sese Seko.

23.   Many of those same rebels had helped put Kabila into power by ousting longtime Zairian dictator Mobutu Sese Seko last year.

24.   Many of those same rebels helped put Kabila into power after ousting longtime Zairian dictator Mobutu Sese Seko last year.

25.   Michel Ladi Luya was arrested Saturday after his daily Record newspaper compared President Laurent Kabila in an editorial with the late Zairian dictator Mobuto Sese Seko.

26.   Most flooded back to Rwanda in November, fleeing a rebellion that defeated Zairian dictator Mobutu Sese Seko, who died in exile.

27.   Rwanda and Uganda played instrumental roles in helping Kabila topple the government of longtime Zairian dictator Mobutu Sese Seko.

28.   Rebel leader Laurent Kabila gave ailing Zairian dictator Mobutu Sese Seko until Sunday to step down and end the war.

29.   Rebels opposed to the late Zairian dictator, Mobutu Sese Seko, allegedly killed thousands of Rwandan Hutu refugees living in U.N. camps in eastern Congo.

30.   Rwanda and neighboring Uganda, which together helped Kabila oust longtime Zairian dictator Mobutu Sese Seko last year, both have denied involvement in the latest rebellion.