1.   Instead, with no sign that the government has marshaled any effective resistance to the advancing rebels, the mood in the capital is one of growing uneasiness.

2.   Most of the Hutu fled their homes last year to escape the advancing rebel army that brought the government to power.

3.   Now they appear to be fighting a rear-guard action against the advancing rebel troops.

4.   The camps were set up last summer by the French military as part of a safe area for Hutu fleeing an advancing rebel Tutsi army.

5.   They have been lying in large piles for more than a week, since the Rwandan army fled the advancing rebels.

6.   A mercenary force is deployed in eastern Zaire to bolster the army in its fight against advancing rebels who now control a large strip of land along the border.

7.   And government forces continue to flee when faced with advancing rebels.

8.   As Rwandan Hutu militias began to flee Mugunga, advancing Zairian rebels swept through the sprawling camp.

9.   Before departing for Zaire Friday, Mobutu denied reports he was seeking military help from Morocco to help put down advancing rebels.

10.   Before his departure, Mobutu denied reports he was seeking military help from Morocco to help put down advancing rebels.