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WEEKLY NEWS ISSUE of: 12-12-1996      PART #1/  


* Afrique du Sud. Heurts ethniques  -  Lors de troubles ethniques
dans une mine de platine en Afrique du Sud, il y a eu au moins 37
morts, annoncait la radio sud-africaine le dimanche 8 decembre. Les
troubles ont eu lieu dans et aux alentours de la mine de
Wildebeestfontein, a cent kilometres au nord-ouest de
Johannesbourg. Ils ont commence le samedi matin, mais le calme
n'est revenu que 24 heures plus tard. Les desordres avaient
commence avec le meurtre d'un boutiquier xhosa par des gens de
l'ethnie sotho, qui l'accusaient d'avoir tue l'un d'eux. Le
boutiquier disait avoir agi en legitime defense, car cet homme
avait attaque son magasin. Les bagarres commencerent dans le
quartier, ou il y eut 12 morts, et se repandirent ensuite jusque
dans la mine.   (De Standaard, Belgique, 9 decembre 1996)

* South Africa. T. & R. Commission  -  8 December: From a statement
by Archbishop Desmond Tutu: "(...) General Malan has reportedly
said to those who are uncertain about where they stand, that it is
not necessary to apply for amnesty. My advice is: If you are
uncertain...the safest course is to apply for amnesty. You have
nothing to lose: the details of your amnesty application cannot be
used against you in a court of law. (...)" 9 December: From
Archbishop Desmond Tutu: "One of the most significant dates in the
life of the Commission, the deadline for the submission of amnesty
applications, is less than a week away. There still appears,
however, to be a number of misunderstandings about the amnesty
process, which are shared by some political leaders or former
leaders. Much of the confusion centres on two issues. 1) Many are
uncertain about whether or not they should be applying for amnesty.
2) There is widespread misconception that the only people who need
apply for amnesty, are those who committed gross human rights
violations as defined in the Act, or who acted outside the
authority of the State or the policies of their political movement.
(...)". -- The following Amnesty Committee statistics have been
released to the media. They are extracted from a report to the full
Commission dated 15 November 1996. Number of applications to date:
About 3,500; Number of hearings to date: 10, involving 47
applicants; Hearings not finalised: 3; Applications considered and
decided upon: total to date: 1,500.   (TRC, South Africa, 2-10
December 1996)

* South Africa. New Constitution  -  On 10 December, Nelson Mandela
put South Africa on firm foundations when he signed the new
Constitution into existence on the historic and sun-soaked earth of
Sharpeville. It marked the end of six tough years of negotiations.
"It's the end of 344 years of struggle for national unity and
lasting peace," said Cyril Ramaphosa, chairman of the
constitutional assembly, as he passed the 150-page black-bound
document to his president. Four thousand people cheered as Mr
Mandela signed one of the world's most liberal constitutions into
existence. "We solemnly honour the pledge we made to ourselves and
to the world, that South Africa shall redeem herself and thereby
widen the frontiers of human freedom", said Mr Mandela.   (The
Guardian, U.K., 11 December 1996)

* Angola. Human Rights  -  As the UN Security Council meets to
discuss the final stages of the Angolan peace process, Amnesty
International reiterated its call on the UN to ensure that human
rights are to the forefront of its agenda on Angola. UNAVEM III,
which is overseeing the peace agreement of 1994, is planning to
withdraw its 6,500 troops by February 1997. It is probable that
some form of UN presence will remain beyond that date.   (Amnesty
International, 6 December 1996)

* Burkina Faso. Sommet franco-africain  -  Le president francais a
donne des assurances aux partenaires de la France sur la parite
entre le franc CFA et l'euro. M. Chirac a preside une reunion des
chefs d'Etat du "groupe restreint", c'est-a-dire les anciennes
colonies francaises plus le Zaire. Il y a notamment reitere les
assurances francaises: la parite entre franc CFA et euro sera fixe.
Son cours sera determine par la valeur du franc francais au moment
de son entree dans la monnaie unique.   (Le Monde, France, 6
decembre 1996)

* Burundi. Reports of massacres  -  On 11 December, the UN said
Burundi's army had killed at least 1,100 people, including hundreds
of Hutu returnees from eastern Zaire in October and November, based
on its investigations and eyewitness accounts. The UN Human Rights
Office, in reports issued in Geneva detailing the massacres, said
Hutu rebels waging an increasingly effective guerrilla war against
the Tutsi-dominated army, also killed scores of civilians in the
same period. 12 December: Reliable sources report a massacre of
civilians in the central Burundian village of Rukago. According to
the sources, 401 victims were gunned down on 6 December by members
of the Tutsi-dominated Burundian army. The victims, men, women and
children were Hutus.   (Reuter and CNN, 11-12 December 1996)

* Burundi. Massacres et discussions  -  Plus d'un millier de
personnes au moins ont ete massacrees au Burundi en un mois, entre
fin octobre et fin novembre, en majorite des civils tues pas
l'armee du regime de Bujumbura, a rapporte, mercredi 11 decembre,
le Haut commissariat des droits de l'homme de l'ONU. La
responsabilite des violences incombe aussi bien aux groupes armes
de rebelles hutu qu'a l'armee gouvernementale dominee par l'ethnie
tutsi. Mais une majorite des massacres est attribuee aux
militaires, dit le document. Pres de mille personnes ont ete tuees
par des soldats, tandis que les rebelles sont juges responsables de
la mort d'une centaine d'autres au moins, ecrivent les
observateurs. Par ailleurs, l'ancien president tanzanien Julius
Nyerere a convie les dirigeants des parties en conflit au Burundi
a une session de discussions a partir du 12 decembre a Arusha, a
indique lundi 9 decembre un assistant de M. Nyerere, qui a precise
que "tous les groupes" avaient ete convies. A Bujumbura, l'UPRONA
et un autre parti burundais ont indique, mercredi 11 decembre,
avoir rejete cette invitation, denoncant "l'attitude partisane" de
M. Nyerere. Le FRODEBU n'avait pas encore mercredi fait connaitre
sa position.   (d'apres AFP, France, 9-11 decembre 1996)

* Centrafrique. Mutinerie  -  7 decembre -- Un calme precaire est
revenu a Bangui, le 5 decembre, apres une offensive des mutins et
la riposte des soldats francais et des militaires loyalistes. On
craint un nombre condiderable de victimes parmi les civils qui,
depuis trente jours, font l'objet d'exactions dans les quartiers
meridionaux tenus par les mutins. Dans les quartiers nord, ou
resident en majorite des ethnies favorables au president, la chasse
aux Yakoma aurait fait de nombreuses victimes. Les chefs d'Etat
participant au sommet France-Afrique, a Ouagadougou, ont decide
d'envoyer une "mission fraternelle" en Republique centrafricaine.
Pourraient participer a cette mission: les presidents du Burkina,
Blaise Compaore, du Gabon, Omar Bongo, du Tchad, Idriss Deby, et du
Mali, Alpha Oumar Konare. 9 decembre -- Treve de quinze jours avec
effet immediat entre le gouvernement centrafricain et les mutins.
Cet accord ne tranche cependant pas dans l'opposition fondamentale
entre le president et les militaires mutines qui ont toujours
reclame sa demission.   (ANB-BIA, de sources diverses, 9 decembre
1996)

* Egypte. Torture pour s'etre converti  -  Amnesty International a
reclame vendredi 6 decembre la liberation d'un etudiant musulman
soumis a la torture pour s'etre converti au christianisme. Mohammed
Wagdi Mohammad Durra, 22 ans, a ete arrete en octobre dernier a
Tanta, ville du delta du Nil. Accuse d'"offense a la religion", il
a ete soumis a des electrochocs, battu et suspendu par les poignets
par des membres des forces de securite, qui cherchent visiblement
des informations sur d'autres musulmans convertis au christianisme.
Il risque d'etre a nouveau torture pour obtenir des renseignements.
D'apres Amnesty International, l'etudiant a deja ete arrete a deux
reprises depuis sa conversion et a chaque fois relache. La loi
islamique condamne a mort les personnes coupables d'apostasie.  
(CIP, Belgique, 12 decembre 1996)

* Ghana. Elections... Elections  -  10 December: President Rawlings
holds a comfortable lead over his main challenger, as votes are
still being counted. Election monitors say that Rawlings'
government has managed to stage the smoothest multi-party elections
in West Africa. 11 December: The Electoral Commission announces
that Jerry Rawlings has won the presidential election. The same
day, France threatens to veto the candidacy of Kofi Annan, the
Ghanaian who has now emerged as the frontrunner to become the UNžs
next Secretary-General. Eleven members of the Security Council vote
to "encourage" him and four, including France, to "discourage" him. 
 (ANB-BIA, Brussels, 12 December 1996)

* Grands lacs. Refugies  -  Le gouvernement tanzanien a demande aux
600.000 refugies rwandais se trouvant sur son territoire de
regagner leur pays d'ici a la fin du mois. Par ailleurs, d'enormes
flux de refugies se poursuivent au Zaire. Une colonne de dizaines
de milliers de personnes, Hutu rwandais encadres par les restes des
ex-Forces armees rwandaises, ont traverse la ville de Walikale, a
l'ouest de Goma, se dirigeant vers Kisangani, 300 km plus loin.
Dans le meme temps, un flux contraire, de meme provenance --Numbi -
- se dirigeait vers le Rwanda.   (Liberation, France, 6 decembre
1996)

* Great Lakes. Update  -  5 December: The US State Department says
that Tutsi rebels agree to let independent observers investigate
allegations of atrocities in eastern Zaire. 6 December: Four mass
graves of murdered Rwandese Hutus, have been discovered these last
weeks in north Kivu, near the former refugee camps of Mugunga and
Katale. The Press says they were murdered by Zairian rebels. The
same day: A faxed message from Kisangani says that the situation is
becoming catastrophic for more than 600,000 people in Kisangani and
its surroundings. A secret civil war is becoming more and more of
a possibility. Food is running out; the access roads to the city
are closed; there is hunger. The same message warns the
international community that a weekly plane-load of supplies is
useless. Dozens of plane loads are needed to save the lives of the
people of Kisangani. The world community is urged to take note of
the situation. 9 December: In a radio interview, Prime Minister
Kengo wa Dondo states that his country's armed forces "have lost
the battle but not the war". The Archbishop of Kisangani issue an
appeal to world decision-makers, to assist the population of
Kisangani and elsewhere. 10 December: 1) About 23,000 Rwandan Hutu
refugees have fled camps in northwestern Tanzania, in a growing
exodus to avoid repatriation to Rwanda. Many are hiding in the bush
to avoid repatriation after fleeing their camps. Aid workers say
they believe Tanzanian troop reinforcements are heading for the
camps area in the northwest of Tanzania, to push the government
campaign for the 542,000 Rwandan refugees to go home by 31
December. 2) Today is International Human Rights Day: In a Press
Release, Amnesty International says that the international
community should support the daily and determined struggle of human
rights defenders, in Zaire. 3) Radio France Internationale reports
that President Mobutu will return to Zaire early next week. 4) A
14-nation steering group, overseeing the multinational force, is
due to meet in New York on 13 December. 11 December: 1) Muslims
among the Rwandan refugees in Tanzania, have agreed to go home to
Rwanda under a repatriation plan announced by Tanzania and the UN.
2) Zaire says it is not aware of any negotiations to bring in
mercenaries or Angolan UNITA fighters, but that it does not rule
out seeking military help from allies to regain territory seized by
rebels. 3) Paul Kagame arrives in Kampala for talks with President
Museveni.   (ANB-BIA, Brussels, 12 December 1996)

* Kenya. SECAM: Press Statement  -  "We, Archbishops and Bishops,
members of the Standing Committee of the Symposium of Episcopal
Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM), held our second
meeting of the year at the Resurrection Retreat Centre, Nairobi,
Kenya, from 25-29 November 1996.(...) We also paid special
attention to the tragic drama that is unfolding before our eyes in
the troubled areas of Africa, especially in Algeria, Liberia,
Sudan, Somalia, Rwanda, Burundi and some parts of Zaire. We noted
with appreciation the efforts that some of our member Conferences
have made and are making, to bring succour to these suffering
Churches, by visiting them, by training some of their Seminarians,
and by absorbing some of their priests. - Underlying this situation
are factors such as tribalism, nepotism, racism, religious
intolerance and the thirst for power. (...)"   (SECAM Secretariat,
Kenya, 9 December 1996)

* Kenya. Deces de Mary Leakey  -  La celebre archeologue
britannique Mary Leakey est decedee a Nairobi a l'age de 83 ans.
Nee Mary Nichol, elle etait la veuve de Louis Leakey, avec lequel
elle s'etait mariee en 1936. Ensemble ils devinrent celebres par
leurs recherches sur les origines de l'humanite. Au Kenya et en
Tanzanie, leurs etudes des fossiles ont demontre que l'origine de
l'homme se trouve en Afrique.   (d'apres De Standaard, Belgique, 10
decembre 1996)

* Namibia. The Church: 100 years presence  -  On 8 December, the
Church in Namibia celebrated the "grand finale" of its 100th
anniversary. The anniversary had been celebrated throughout the
year, culminating in the establishment of the Namibian Catholic
Bishops' Conference (previously the Namibian Church had belonged to
the Southern African Conference). At present there are six Catholic
secondary schools and 21 primary schools in Namibia, and 14 health
institutions are run by the Church in the country. There are about
280,000 Catholics, served by 58 parishes and mission stations in
Namibia. Some of the mission stations serve up to 38 associated
parish communities.   (The Southern Cross, South Africa, 15
December 1996)

* United Nations. New Secretary-General  -  Four African candidates
were nominated on 6 December for the post of UN Secretary-General,
thereby breaking a deadlock after Boutros Boutros-Ghali temporarily
put aside his bid for re-election. They are: Kofi Anna (Ghana), UN
Undersecretary-General for peacekeeping; Ahmedou Ould Abdallah
(Mauritania), former UN special representative for Burundi; Amara
Essy (Cote d'Ivoire), Cote d'Ivoire's foreign minister and the UN
General Assembly President in 1994-1995; Hamid Algabid (Niger),
Secretary-General of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference.  
(Reuter, 6 December 1996)

* Nations unies. Succession de Boutros-Ghali  -  Mardi 10 decembre,
le Conseil de securite de l'ONU a procede a deux votes blancs au
cours de consultations sur la succession au poste de secretaire
general des Nations unies. (Les votes blancs sont des sondages
indicatifs et officieux qui permettent de mesurer les chances des
candidats avant le scrutin formel). Le Ghaneen Kofi Annan a obtenu
le meilleur score, avec 10 voix pour et 4 voix contre. La France a
vote contre M. Annan. Or, pour etre elu, un candidat ne doit pas
faire l'objet d'un vote negatif de l'un des cinq membres
permanents. L'autre Africain bien place, l'Ivoirien Amara Essy, a
ete pour sa part victime de deux vetos imputes aux Etats-Unis et a
la Grande-Bretagne. De nouvelles consultations etaient prevues
mercredi.   (d'apres La Croix et Le Monde, France, 12 decembre
1996)

* Rwanda. President makes bricks  -  On 5 December, sweating and
wearing wellington boots, President Pasteur Bizimungu and almost
the entire Rwandan cabinet spent two hours making bricks at 18
sites around Kigali, to lead thousands at the start of a housing
campaign. The President told reporters that the programme would
help end the housing crisis and foster solidarity in a society
split by genocide in 1994.   (Reuter, 5 December 1996)

* Rwanda. France et Rwanda: on se parle  -  A Ouagadougou, Herve de
Charette, le ministre francais des affaires etrangeres, a cree la
surprise en recevant pendant une heure jeudi (5 decembre) les
responsables rwandais presents, le premier ministre et le ministre
des affaires etrangeres. Une rencontre que le chef de la diplomatie
francaise a lui-meme sollicitee. Depuis le genocide de 1994, c'est
la premiere rencontre a un si haut niveau entre la France et le
Rwanda. H. de Charette a tendu la main aux Rwandais: "Tirons un
trait sur le passe, a-t-il dit a ses interlocuteurs. Parlons du
present et de l'avenir". Les Rwandais ont repondu: "Nous sommes
ouverts, comme nous l'avons toujours ete, a une normalisation des
relations avec la France. Mais tirer un trait sur le role de
l'ancien gouvernement francais, ce n'est pas possible, les Rwandais
ne comprendraient pas. [...] Il nous faut mettre en place un cadre
precis pour parler des modalites d'une reprise des relations entre
Kigali et Paris". H. de Charette a acquiesce. Et les officiels
rwandais ont salue "cette demarche novatrice" en ajoutant, un rien
sceptiques neanmoins,: "Pourvu que ca dure".   (J. Ficatier, La
Croix, France, 7 decembre 1996)

* Sudan. Catholic school demolished  -  On 7 December, the
Committee of Social Planning of Khartoum North, led by Mr Abbas Ali
and Mohammed Bakat (assistant public prosecutor), accompanied by
armed policemen and soldiers, ordered the demolition of the
Catholic Centre of Dorushab, where 650 boys and girls attend
school, and 74 catechumens have regular classes or religious
education. The site is used also by the local community, for social
and religious activities. No writ was presented. The remonstrances
of the local people produced no effect; the bulldozer driver was
ordered to proceed with the demolition work. Dorushab is one of the
several shanty towns built around Khartoum by the "displaced"
people, who, forced out of their villages in Southern Sudan by war
and famine, had come to the north in search of security and work in
the national capital. The demolition of the centre is seen as the
first step taken by the authorities towards the destruction and the
forced removal of the whole shanty town. The local people,
assembled for Sunday Mass on 8 December, decided to resist the move
and to resume classes in the school as if nothing had happened. On
11 December, the bulldozer had not yet made its appearance to
complete the demolition of the Centre. The authorities seem not to
be in a hurry. Time is on their side.   (Comboni Press, Rome, 11
December 1996)

* Soudan. Sadek al Mahdi exile en Erythree  -  M. Sadek al Mahdi,
ancien Premier ministre soudanais et chef de la principale
formation d'opposition Oumma, a annonce mercredi 11 decembre avoir
fui secretement son pays pour Asmara en Erythree, car il etait
devenu "l'otage du gouvernement". M. Mahdi a ete chef d'un
gouvernement democratiquement elu en 1986 et renverse en 1989 par
un coup d'Etat dirige par le general Bechir. En commentant le fait,
le president soudanais Omar al-Bechir a minimise la portee de cette
fuite: "Le fait que Sadek al-Mahdi s'est echappe et a rejoint
l'opposition sous le commandement du rebelle (soudanais sudiste)
John Garang ne nous effrayera pas et ne nous fera pas devier de
notre orientation" islamique, a-t-il declare lors d'un
rassemblement.   (D'apres AFP, France, 12 decembre 1996)<W0>

* Tanzania. Refugees told to go home  -  27 November: Kenya's Daily
Nation reports that Tanzania's President says that Rwandese
refugees in Tanzania should voluntarily leave their camps and go
home, now that so many of their compatriots have returned from
Zaire. 5 December: The UN refugee agency and the Tanzanian
government tell more than half a million Rwandan refugees to go
home by the end of the month. Some aid workers warn that triggering
the desired exodus from Tanzania will be difficult.   (ANB-BIA,
Brussels, 6 December 1996)

* Tanzanie. Des refugies quittent les camps  -  Selon un porte-
parole de l'UNHCR, pres de 15.000 refugies rwandais ont quitte les
camps de Kagenyi et Rubwere en Tanzanie. Certains rapports disent
qu'ils se deplacent vers le nord et vers l'est. L'exode a eu lieu
dans la nuit du 6 au 7 decembre, et d'autres seraient partis le 9.
Certains avancent la theorie que des extremistes hutu
organiseraient ces departs en masse en reponse aux preparatifs de
rapatriement. Quelques 300 refugies rwandais en Tanzanie sont
rentres chez eux le 8 decembre. D'autres partiront sans doute mardi
10. D'apres la radio rwandaise, l'arrivee de 1.000 refugies, prevue
pour le samedi 7, avait ete annulee. Des militaires et des
officiels rwandais s'etaient rendus a la frontiere pour les
accueillir, mais apprirent l'annulation, sans que des raisons
furent donnees.   (d'apres IRIN, Kenya, 9 decembre 1996)

* Uganda. Rebel activity  -  27 November: Uganda's New Vision says
that the army shelled suspected rebel hideouts situated on the no-
man's land on the Uganda/Zaire border. 30 November: Lt Gen Yoweri
Museveni says that 104 Lords Resistance Army (LRA) rebels have been
killed. 2 December: Kenya's Daily Nation reports that LRA rebels
have gone on the rampage, abducting some 30 villages outside Gulu
town. 1 December: Kenya's Sunday Nation says that Ugandan troops in
pursuit of rebels, have occupied parts of north-eastern Zaire,
where the army says the insurgents had their bases. 5 December: The
army say that they are battling rebels of the mainly Muslim Allied
Democratic Force (ADF), which, Uganda says, is backed by renegade
Zairian soldiers. The action is taking place in the southwestern
Kasese region. 6 December: Thousands flee the hamlets and villages
in Uganda's Ruwenzori mountains, as Ugandan troops fight Muslim
Allied Democratic Force rebels who had crossed into Uganda from
Zaire on 3 December.   (ANB-BIA, Brussels, 7 December 1996)

* Zaire. Appel de Kisangani  -  Mgr. Monsengwo, archeveque de
Kisangani, a lance lundi 9 decembre un "appel pressant" aux
"decideurs politiques du monde" qui, depuis plus d'un mois,
"n'arrivent pas a se decider", pour qu'ils viennent en aide a cette
ville, aux populations du Haut-Zaire et du Maniema, ainsi qu'aux
refugies. Les continuelles hesitations de la communaute
internationale vont etre fatales a la population de ces regions que
menace "une famine dont personne ne connait l'ampleur". "On veut
faire croire a l'opinion publique, denonce le prelat, que,
contrairement aux calculs les plus elementaires, la mission decidee
par l'ONU est devenue inutile!". L'archeveque, qui est a Kinshasa,
craint la famine pour Kisangani, coupee de ses sources
d'approvisionnement de Beni-Butembo et Bunia. La faim, souligne une
autre source religieuse a Kisangani, "accroit le risque de
desordre; (...)une guerre civile secrete semble chaque jour plus
probable". Le secretaire d'Etat belge a la Cooperation, M. Moreels,
souhaite la constitution d'une "base humanitaire securisee" a
Kisangani. Presque en reponse a l'appel de l'archeveque de
Kisangani, apres des semaines d'hesitation, une dizaine de pays
occidentaux, disposes a jouer un role dans la crise de la region
des Grands Lacs, ont convenu mardi 10 decembre de la necessite de
mener une operation humanitaire dans l'est du Zaire, a-t-on appris
de source diplomatique. Et une premiere operation de secours aerien
a ete lancee le mardi 11 avec un C-130 parti de Nairobi pour
transporter biscuits proteines et medicaments vers la region de
Shabunda, a 175 km a l'ouest de Bukavu, ou quelque 100.000 refugies
rwandais et burundais ont ete reperes. Un second vol est prevu pour
le 12.   (ANB-BIA, de sources diverses, 9-12 decembre 1996)

* Zaire. Killings, torture and arbitrary arrests  -  On 3 December,
Amnesty International's Deputy Secretary General, Herve Berger, at
the end of a two-week investigation trip in Zaire, said that
torture and arrests are taking place in Kinshasa, and massacres are
taking place in areas of intense fighting in Zaire, in the growing
climate of insecurity and lawlessness. "Despite the authorities'
tight control on travel to the country's trouble spots, reports of
killings, torture and arbitrary arrest cannot be silenced", Mr
Berger said. "Zairian authorities have created a climate of
intimidation, where questions demanding the truth about the role of
the authorities in the current cris, are repressed. People are
afraid to talk about recent events, such as the persecution of
Tutsi and Hutu minorities, and the role of the Zairian Armed Forces
in eastern Zaire. Meanwhile, the armed groups in Kivu are
committing deliberate and arbitrary killings of Zairians and
refugees".   (APIC, USA, 11 December 1996)

* Zaire. Aide militaire exterieure?  -  Le Zaire s'est declare
pret, mercredi 11 decembre, a collaborer avec tout pays dispose a
lui envoyer des troupes pour l'aider a reprendre les territoires
conquis par les rebelles dans l'est du pays. "Si nous sommes
contraints de pactiser avec le diable pour recouvrer l'integrite
territoriale du Zaire, nous le ferons", a declare le porte-parole
du gouvernement, Boguo Makele. Il a toutefois precise que le moment
n'etait pas encore venu. Le porte-parole reagissait aux
informations de la presse belge, selon lesquelles des soldats de
l'Unita, le mouvement rebelle angolais, soutenaient l'armee
reguliere zairoise. Boguo Makele a affirme ne pas etre au courant
de l'arrivee d'elements de l'Unita, qui utilisait le Zaire comme
base de repli lors de sa lutte contre le gouvernement de Luanda et
qui semble dispose a venir a son tour a l'aide de Kinshasa. "Je ne
dispose d'aucune information faisant etat de negociations entre des
mercenaires et le gouvernement zairois. Si la compagnie nationale
des mines, ou meme des societes minieres etrangeres, entamaient des
negociations de ce genre, elles devraient obtenir au prealable
l'autorisation du gouvernement", a ajoute le porte-parole.   (La
Libre Belgique, 12 decembre 1996)


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@TIT_INF_2 = AFRICA
Title: Press Statement.
Source: SECAM (Standing Committee of the Symposium of Episcopal
Conferences of Africa and Madagascar), 9 December 1996.
Description: A short Press Statement issued at the end of SECAMžs
second meeting of the year. (Please quote: Secam, 9 December 1996,
when ordering).
@TIT_INF_2 = ZAIRE
Title: Summary of Amnesty International's Press Release on Zaire,
dated 10 December 1996 (International Human Rights Day). Please
quote: Amnesty International, 10 December 1996, when ordering.


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