31.   In any case, the Zairean government says the alliance is backed by Burundi and Rwanda, charges which both countries have denied.

32.   In Kinshasha, Zairean government officials said they had no news of such an influx.

33.   In Kinshasa, the Zairean government angrily rejected the idea of any deal between aid agencies and the rebels.

34.   International aid agencies evacuated the big Tingi Tingi camp last Friday following threats by Zairean government troops.

35.   International aid agencies on the weekend pulled out of Goma, scene of fierce fighting between Tutsi rebels and Zairean government troops.

36.   A similar mass return of refugees had occurred last month from eastern Zaire, when the spur was fighting between Tutsi rebels and Zairean government forces.

37.   A South African newspaper reported Thursday that Kabila and an envoy from the Zairean government had arrived Wednesday in Cape Town.

38.   A spokesman for the Zairean government said earlier that Ugandan troops had taken part in attacks in the region of Beni and Kasindi.

39.   A team of four ministers would inform the Zairean government about the summit, he added.

40.   A Zairean government spokesman said Monday the Kinshasa authorities expected direct talks between Zairean rebel leader Laurent Kabila and President Mobutu Sese Seko to take place.