/ 9 May 1997

Renewed Angola civil war fears

TEACHERS WALK OUT ALL teacher unions walked out of pay negotiations yesterday, the third such walkout this year, accusing the government of lack of transparency. And protests seem likely to come from nurses as well, offered increases of 7,04%, compared to some 22% offered to other low-paid civil servants.

IRAQIS IN SUDAN A UGANDAN newspaper, New Vision, claims that Iraqi and Iranian soldiers were sent to southern Sudan on March 16 to help beat back an offensive by Christian rebels. The newspaper also claims that Zaire goverment soldiers and Rwandan Hutus are also fighting for the government. The report is based on interviews with rebels who claim to have captured the foreign soldiers.