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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 21, 1997

Page

5

Mobutu clings to power as Kinshasa braces for exit

In Kinshasa reports sayMobutu Sese Seko faces a collapsing regime with rebels in half the country and many close to him fleeing to Brazzaville. Analysts suggest retirement in exile as a path to avert further bloodshed while Laurent Kabila presses toward Kinshasa and talks of a transitional government begin.

Baghdad Iraq Saddam Hussein Odai Hussein Odai Saddam Mobutu Sese Seko Brazzaville Mobutu Kinshasa Laurent Kabila Jose Zola Kinkela Independent Democratic Union Party Kabila Valentin Mubake Nombi Joan Gerard SCI Daniel L. Ipuesetelet Gerard Nie Cel the Gazette

Dying Rwandan Refugees in Zaire Eye Home Return

In ASESE refugees wait as rebels and aid workers clash over evacuation plans. Amid mud and disease about 60 die daily from malaria and cholera as the UN seeks a repatriation start while a CDC expert evaluates the cholera outbreak.

Zaire Jackson Twahirwa Centers For Disease Control and Prevention Arthur Marx

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