1.   A Congolese army major, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Tuesday that shooting would resume once the French leave.

2.   A senior military commander in the Congolese army said Boma was in the hands of troops loyal to Kabila, although he said fighting was continuing in the area.

3.   Another unconfirmed report said mutineers had opened Bukavu prison and set free Banymulenge officers and troops from the Congolese army who had been convicted of mutiny several months ago.

4.   Azarias Ruberwa, secretary-general of the Rwandan-backed Congolese Rally for Democracy rebel movement or RCD, blamed the Congolese army for starting the fighting.

5.   Bemba said the Hutu militiamen were supporting the Congolese army in battles against the rebels in Waka, in the northwestern Equateur province.

6.   Bugera did not deny that the gunfire heard almost nightly in Goma comes from Congolese army infighting between Banyamulenge soldiers and those from Katanga province in the south.

7.   Congolese and Angolan troops have driven rebels from the southwest of the Republic of Congo after two months of fierce fighting, the Congolese army said Thursday.

8.   Congolese army chief Lt. Col. James Kabare flew to Bukavu last Thursday to negotiate with various military units, including the rival Tutsi commanders.

9.   Congolese Tutsis, supported by the Tutsi-dominated army from neighboring Rwanda, maintain separate units within the Congolese army, annoying non-Tutsi soldiers.

10.   His feat angered other firms that had operated previously in Congo, and some said he sealed the deal by arranging Israeli military training for the Congolese army.