51.   Zairean soldiers meanwhile had looted shops in Beni, the expatriates said, and in particular had attacked traders of Greek origin.

52.   Zairean soldiers pulled back in the face of the fighting by what appeared to be uniformed Rwandan soldiers, he said.

53.   Zairean soldiers told AFP for the first time Wednesday that Rwandan and Zairean forces were fighting on the Uvira plain from which many of the refugees had come.

54.   Zairean soldiers were locked in intense fighting with Tutsi-led rebels Thursday for control of a key road towards the strategic city of Kisangani.

55.   Zambian television on Sunday showed bodies of several Zairean soldiers killed during the battle for Kasumbalesa, a small border town in Zaire.

56.   Wearing fatigues and a blue beret, Ngandu called on young Zaireans to join the Tutsi rebellion, and on Zairean soldiers to hand in their arms.

57.   Zairean soldiers began pulling back amid exchanges of RPG rocket fire and mortar and automatic weapons fire, he said.

58.   Zairean soldiers due to unload planes carrying food for Rwandan refugees on Tuesday stole the food, the UN refugee agency said.

59.   Zairean soldiers have theoretically disarmed them, but they have been left free to move as they please.

60.   Zairean soldiers were reported to have begun looting and shooting early Friday in Mbuji Mayi, the capital of diamond-rich Eastern Kasai province.