91.  The African states do not want to witness a second devaluation of the CFA, Divassa-Mapoupa said.

92.  The foreign minister said his government supported the U.S.-Rawandan initiative on solving the conflict, and he called on African states to back it.

93.  The Kinshasa government and neighboring African states complain the UNHCR has meddled in internal political affairs, a charge the United Nations denies.

94.  The lists usually include most European countries, India and some African states.

95.  The meeting is the first by a committee composed of Britain, Canada, New Zealand, Malaysia and three African states, South Africa, Ghana and Zimbabwe.

96.  The organization of African states has long favored forming a continental force but has always failed to achieve because of the costs and political disagreements.

97.  The plane landed in the east African state of Djibouti where crew members overpowered the hijacker.

98.  The proposal that African states can find strength by working together will be considered again at a July summit in Zambia.

99.  The seat had been designated for an African country, and African states selected Namibia, said U.N. deputy spokesman Manoel de Almeida e Silva.

100.  The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Bill Richardson, is to visit Angola this weekend as part of a tour of central African states.