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(AP)Forces loyal to Congo’s government heavily
bombarded rebels in the southeastern town of
Manono and sank a boatload of troops coming
from neighboring Burundi, Congo’s interior min
ister said Sunday.
Gaetan Kakudji said in a state radio broadcast
that a boatload of troop reinforcements traveling
to Congo on Lake Tanganyika, which borders
Burundi and Congo, was sunk in recent days by
Congolese government and Zimbabwean planes.
Kakudji did not say whether the troops were
Burundian government forces — whom Congo’s
president accuses of backing the rebellion — or
Congolese renegades. No casualty figures were
given for the incident, which he said occurred not
far from Windji, a town on the Congolese side of
the lake.
Kakudji also said government air forces were
involved in a heavy bombing campaign against
rebels in the southeastern town of Manono some
200 miles southwest of Windji.
“The enemy is in disarray, they are fleeing from
all sides. So the battle continues,” Kakudji said.
Congolese rebels and their Rwandan govern
ment allies denied the reports.
In Kigali, Rwandan officials speaking on condi
tion of anonymity said the rebels had repelled an
attack by pro-government forces around the town
of Pepa, near Lake Tanganyika, and killed 10
Burundian rebels who were fighting alongside the
Congolese government troops, in Makobola, on
Tanganyika’s eastern shore.
Rebel vice-president, Moise Nyarugabo, said in
a telephone interview from the rebels’ eastern
stronghold of Goma that Kabila’s allies had bombed
the Lake Tanganyika port of Kalemie on Friday,
injuring three civilians, and also bombed Kongolo,
in southeastern Congo, on Saturday.
Congo’s government is backed by troops and
equipment from countries including Zimbabwe,
Namibia and Angola.
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college fairis the first of its kind to
be beld in the CSRA and the Clas
sic’board hopes that the parade
will markedly increase the
community’s involvement.
Phe CSRA Classic is one of the
largest African-American charity,
non-profit organizations in the
state of Georgia.
In addition to receiving scholar
ships, over 200 students from the
C&A have received leadership
training and development, as well
as gained a greater understand
ing and appreciation of their civic
responsibility to help those in
neéd. This was largely done by
way of programs and activities
designed to educationally, cultur
ally and socially enhance them.
For more information on the
CSRA Classic, Inc. Youth Leader
ship Program, contact Christine
Miller-Betts at (706) 724-3576. For
furtherinformation regardingthe
CS‘RA Classic, contact Ellis
Albright at (706) 722-4222.
The Atlanta Botanical
Garden, 1345 Piedmont
- Rd., will host its Sixth
-+ Annual Asian Cultural
Experience the weekend of
+ June 26-27. This event
+ will showcase the art,
music, fashion, food, dance
and games of China, India,
: Indonesia,Japan and
:Taiwan. Demonstrations
+ willinclude calligraphy,
Efiower arranging, a tradi
. tional tea ceremony,
‘music, dance and martial
-arts. There will also be a
‘dragon parade of people in
. traditional costume.
: Native foods and bever
: ages will be available for
purchase. The experience
will run Sat. From 10 a.m.
E to 9 p.m. and on Sunday
from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. For
. more info on any Atlanta
‘Botanical Garden events,
call (404) 876-5859.
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A group of Ethiopian Jews arrives at Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport Tuesday,
June 22, 1999, as part of a special operation to bring about 3,000 Ethiopian
Jews from the remote region of Quara to Israel. Some 76 immigrants arrived
Tuesday, many of them after enduring years of bureaucratic obstacles and
deteriorating health conditions. (AP Photo/Eyal Warshavsky)
Eritrea denies occupation
of Ethiopian territory
ASMARA, Eritrea
(AP) Eritrea denied it was occupying any
Ethiopian territory Sunday after the Orga
nization of African Unity urged it to pull out
of lands it captured in its 13-month border
war.
In a letter sent last month, the OAU had
called on Eritrea to remove its troops from
areas it had occupied along the disputed
border with Ethiopia.
An Eritrean Foreign Ministry statement
said Sunday thatithad immediately replied
tothe OAU letter, insisting Eritrea “has not
occupied Ethiopian territory.”
The reply called on the African body not
to change a peace framework that both
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ciple, but that has never been implemented
because of disagreements over details.
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climate for the implementation of the
framework agreement,” the statement
said.
The 11-point OAU peace plan was pro
posed in October to end the increasingly
bloody border war that erupted on May
1998 in the Badme region, the
westernmost front along the 620-mile
border between Eritrea and Ethiopia.
The plan calls for an immediate cease
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He commends Mr. Johnson for
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Camp is only one of the many
ways Mr. Johnson has of giving
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