21.  Sister Gertrude was the mother superior of a Benedictine convent in the tormented central African state of Rwanda.

22.  Some modern African states have tried to do away with them but found they cannot.

23.  The national incomes of most African states are overwhelmingly dependent on the price of commodities, which have fallen steadily in recent years.

24.  There was also a stern warning that the International Community had no patience with crisis-ridden African states that failed to settle their own problems.

25.  Then, as is so often the case now, African states were run with little thought to the benefit of their subjects.

26.  These steps would be far more effective if they were joined by major African states.

27.  War in Congo has sucked in a half-dozen other African states and shows no signs of ending.

28.  Posuvalyuk also said his government was keen to maintain good relations with the African state despite the sanctions, SUNA said.

29.  A pro-government political group, Concerned Nigeria, now is urging Abacha to cut diplomatic ties with South Africa and to withdraw assistance to other African states.

30.  African heads of state and the United Nations launched an initiative Wednesday aimed at nudging African states up those depressing development charts by the turn of the century.