/ 9 April 1999

NEW MEETING ON AFRICAN WARS

AFRICAN leaders were to meet in Luanda on Wednesday to review widening wars in Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angolan state radio said. The radio quoted senior officials as saying Democratic Republic of Congo President Laurent Kabila, Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and President Sam Nujoma of Namibia would analyse the political and military situations in the two countries. The Angolan and DRC conflicts are on the agenda. Diplomats said in Johannesburg the presidents would specifically look at the Angolan war, which has implications for the one in the Congo. There was no indication in Luanda or Johannesburg of any proposals that might be considered.