/ 30 January 2001

SENEGALESE REBELS KILLED BY G?BISSAU ARMY

GUINEA Bissau troops have killed 30 Senegalese rebels, says President Kumba Yala, adding that he deplored the attack prompted by a false report over state radio. The attack at the border between the two countries followed a false alarm broadcast over state radio that the rebels were planning an offensive against Guinea-Bissau army positions, Yala said. The MFDC is fighting for the independence of Senegal’s southern Casamance region. – AFP