41.   The rebels easily defeated the raggle-taggle Zairean army units in the east at the start of the rebellion.

42.   The Rwandan refugees say that former soldiers among them are fighting alongside the Zairean army troops in the sector.

43.   The shell appeared to have been fired west of the town where Rwandan Hutu militias and Zairean army forces are said to be holed up.

44.   The rebels on Monday claimed to have seized the northern town of Bunia from the Zairean army on Sunday after stiff resistance.

45.   The visit coincides with clashes between the Zairean army and armed factions of the Banyamurenge, Tutsis of Rwandan origin living in eastern Zaire.

46.   The Zairean army chief of staff, General Mahele Lyoko, on Saturday denied media reports that the southeastern town of Kasenga had falled to advancing rebels.

47.   The Zairean army command said Monday that the town of Kalemie in southeast Zaire had been captured.

48.   The Zairean army said the commandos were being supported by Banyamulenge, amid reports that the apatride Tutsi rebels were at the gates of Bukavu.

49.   The source said the guerrillas captured it late last week, and that Zairean army reinforcements had been sent to the town.

50.   There were reports that a boatload of heavy arms destined for the Zairean army arrived a few days ago in the region by Lake Tanganyika.