31.   The power struggle began after a popular rebellion to oust dictator Gen. Samuel Doe, and after his death erupted into a full-scale tribal war.

32.   The rebels, fighting to oust dictator Mobutu Sese Seko, have captured the eastern third of Zaire.

33.   The Tutsis helped Yoweri Museveni, then a rebel and now Ugandan president, oust dictator Idi Amin a decade ago.

34.   This was the third time that the government of President Laurent Kabila has faced mutinous soldiers since ousting longtime dictator Mobutu Sese Seko in May.

35.   Uganda and Rwanda were major backers of Kabila when he ousted longtime dictator Mobutu Sese Seko last year.

36.   Uganda says it has troops in Congo under an agreement with Kabila, whom Museveni backed in his successful attempt to oust former dictator Mobutu Sese Seko.

37.   Warring factions signed the agreement in Abuja, Nigeria, ending a six-year civil war that erupted when Taylor ousted longtime dictator Samuel Doe.