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February 1999 Military News

  • TURKEY KURDS Voice of America 25 Feburary 1999 -- COURT PROCEEDINGS HAVE BEGUN TO SHUT DOWN THE PRO-KURDISH "PEOPLE'S DEMOCRACY PARTY," OR "HADEP," ON CHARGES OF ACTING AS THE POLITICAL FRONT FOR AN OUTLAWED KURDISH REBEL GROUP.
  • AFGHAN FIGHTING Voice of America 25 Feburary 1999 -- FIGHTING IS RAGING IN THE CENTRAL BAMIYAN PROVINCE, AFTER THE TALEBAN LAUNCHED A MAJOR ATTACK (THURSDAY) TO RECAPTURE -- YAKOWLANG -- A DISTRICT IT LOST TO OPPOSITION FIGHTERS.
  • ANGOLA / U-S Voice of America 24 Feburary 1999 -- ANGOLAN OFFICIALS, RECALLING U-S MILITARY BACKING FOR UNITA DURING THE COLD WAR ERA, HAVE EVEN VOICED PRIVATE CONCERN THAT THE UNITED STATES MIGHT BE INVOLVED IN WHAT THEY CLAIMED WAS A CONSPIRACY TO TOPPLE THE GOVERNMENT OF PRESIDENT JOSE EDUARDO DOSSANTOS.
  • TURKEY / OCALAN Voice of America 23 Feburary 1999 -- IMPRISONED KURDISH REBEL LEADER ABDULLAH OCALAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH TREASON BY TURKISH OFFICIALS.
  • 'FALLOUT FROM THE OCALAN ARREST': THE 'WINNERS AND LOSERS' USIA Foreign Media Reaction Report 23 Feburary 1999 -- The aftermath of Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan's arrest continued to trigger extensive comment from all corners of the globe, with many editorialists looking at the repercussions for Turkey, Greece, the EU, Israel and the U.S. in a preliminary effort to tally the "winners and losers."
  • ETHIOPIA / ERITREA Voice of America 23 Feburary 1999 -- MORE FIGHTING IS REPORTED IN THE BORDER WAR BETWEEN ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA. THIS LATEST ROUND OF COMBAT IS NOW ENTERING ITS THIRD WEEK.
  • EAST TIMOR (1): HISTORIC CHANGE Voice of America 22 Feburary 1999 -- INDONESIA'S HANDLING OF EAST TIMOR OVER THE PAST 23 YEARS HAS BEEN CONTROVERSIAL. HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS ESTIMATE 100-THOUSAND PEOPLE HAVE DIED FROM FAMINE, DISEASE, OR FIGHTING.
  • EAST TIMOR (2): AUTONOMY OR INDEPENDENCE Voice of America 22 Feburary 1999 -- MANY OBSERVERS SAY EAST TIMOR DOES NOT HAVE ADEQUATE POLITICAL STABILITY OR ECONOMIC RESOURCES TO HANDLE INDEPENDENCE WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT OUTSIDE HELP.
  • EAST TIMOR (3): RENEWED CIVIL WAR? Voice of America 22 Feburary 1999 -- WITHOUT PROPER CONDITIONS IN PLACE, EAST TIMOR COULD SINK BACK INTO A CIVIL WAR. VARIOUS PARTIES TO THE ISSUE, HOWEVER, DO NOT AGREE ON WHAT CONDITIONS ARE NECESSARY TO AVOID RENEWED FACTIONAL FIGHTING.
  • ANGOLA / UNITA Voice of America 22 Feburary 1999 -- THE LEADER OF ANGOLA'S UNITA REBEL MOVEMENT SAYS HE WANTS UNITED NATIONS PEACE MONITORS TO REMAIN IN THE COUNTRY.
  • E-U / OCALAN Voice of America 22 Feburary 1999 -- THE 15 EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES HAVE CALLED ON TURKEY TO MAKE SURE CAPTURED KURDISH REBEL LEADER ABDULLAH OCALAN RECEIVES A FAIR TRIAL.
  • TURKEY / OCALAN Voice of America 22 Feburary 1999 -- TURKISH OFFICIALS HAVE ANGRILY REJECTED A CALL FROM EUROPEAN UNION FOREIGN MINISTERS FOR TURKEY TO ALLOW FOREIGN OBSERVERS TO MONITOR THE TRIAL OF CAPTURED KURDISH REBEL CHIEF ABDULLAH OCALAN.
  • TURKEY / KURDS Voice of America 21 Feburary 1999 -- TURKISH PRIME MINISTER BULENT ECEVIT RULED OUT AUTONOMY FOR TURKEY'S ESTIMATED 12-MILLION KURDS SAYING THE TURKISH STATE WOULD NOT RESPOND TO OR NEGOTIATE WITH WHAT HE CALLED "MARGINAL TERRORIST GROUPS."
  • ETHIOPIA/ERITREA FIGHTING Voice of America 21 Feburary 1999 -- ETHIOPIAN PLANES HAVE BOMBED THE AIRPORT IN THE ERITREAN CITY OF ASAB. THE ATTACK BREAKS FOUR DAYS OF RELATIVE CALM IN THE BORDER WAR.
  • ECUADOR CAPTURE Voice of America 19 Feburary 1999 -- SUSPECTS IN THIS WEEK'S SHOOTING DEATH OF AN OPPOSITION CONGRESSMAN CLAIM THEY KILLED CONGRESSMAN JAIME HURTADO BECAUSE, IN HIS WORDS, MR. HURTADO HAD BEEN ORGANIZING THE TRAINING OF ECUADORIANS IN COLOMBIA FOR GUERRILLA WARFARE.
  • KURDS PROTEST Voice of America 19 Feburary 1999 -- ETHNIC KURDS AROUND THE WORLD HAVE BEEN PROTESTING THE ARREST OF ABDULLAH OCALAN BY TURKISH SECURITY FORCES IN KENYA. HE IS THE LEADER OF THE KURDISTAN WORKERS PARTY.
  • TURKEY / KURDS Voice of America 19 Feburary 1999 -- TURKISH WARPLANES ATTACKED KURDISH REBEL BASES IN NORTHERN IRAQ ON FRIDAY, AS TURKISH TROOPS CONTINUED THEIR HUNT FOR REBEL UNITS HIDING OUT IN THE RUGGED MOUNTAINS IN NORTHERN IRAQ.
  • CONGO FIGHTING Voice of America 19 Feburary 1999 -- REBELS IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO SAY THEY'VE SHOT DOWN A ZIMBABWEAN JET FIGHTER EARLIER THIS WEEK IN THE SOUTHEAST OF THE COUNTRY.
  • OCALAN'S CAPTURE: 'TURKEY'S VICTORY' AND 'TURKEY'S TEST' USIA Foreign Media Reaction Report February 18, 1999 -- The February 16 capture of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan and his transfer to Turkey to face trial for terrorism, and the subsequent wave of Kurdish protest demonstrations dominated the editorial pages in Europe and elsewhere over the past few days.
  • INDONESIA / EAST TIMOR / MILITIAS Voice of America 18 Feburary 1999 -- MILITIA GROUPS WHICH HAVE TAKEN OVER INFORMAL CONTROL OF ROADS AND TOWNS ACROSS EAST TIMOR ARE NOW POSING A THREAT TO PEACE IN THE TERRITORY.
  • LANKA / FOREIGN Voice of America 18 Feburary 1999 -- SRI LANKA'S FOREIGN MINISTRY SAYS IT MISINFORMED THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE EXHUMATION OF AN ALLEGED MASS GRAVES SITE.
  • TURKEY / KURDS Voice of America 18 Feburary 1999 -- HUNDREDS OF PRO-KURDISH ACTIVISTS WERE ROUNDED UP IN TURKEY THURSDAY IN THE FIRST WAVE OF VIOLENT PROTESTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY FOLLOWING MONDAY'S CAPTURE OF KURDISH REBEL LEADER ABDULLAH OCALAN.
  • OCALAN / GREECE Voice of America 18 Feburary 1999 -- GREEK PRIME MINISTER COSTAS SIMITIS HAS DISMISSED THREE OF HIS CABINET MINISTERS AMID POLITICAL FALLOUT AFTER THE ARREST OF KURDISH-REBEL LEADER ABDULLAH OCALAN.
  • ISRAEL GERMANY KURDS Voice of America 18 Feburary 1999 -- ISRAEL HAS TIGHTENED SECURITY AT ITS DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS AND OTHER FACILITIES WORLD-WIDE AFTER ISRAELI GUARDS SHOT DEAD THREE KURDISH PROTESTERS AT ISRAEL'S CONSULATE IN BERLIN WEDNESDAY.
  • BERLIN KURDS SHOOTING Voice of America 17 Feburary 1999 -- THREE KURDISH DEMONSTRATORS HAVE BEEN KILLED IN BERLIN, AS THEY AND OTHERS TRIED TO STORM THE ISRAELI CONSULATE.
  • ISRAEL / KURD SHOOTING Voice of America 17 Feburary 1999 -- ISRAEL IS BOLSTERING SECURITY AT ITS OVERSEAS MISSIONS AFTER AN ATTACK BY KURDISH PROTESTERS (WEDNESDAY) ON ITS BERLIN CONSULATE. THREE KURDS WERE KILLED BY ISRAELI GUARDS.
  • JUSTICE AND THE KURDS Voice of America 17 Feburary 1999 -- THE CASE OF ABDULLAH OCALAN, THE FUGITIVE LEADER OF THE KURDISTAN WORKERS PARTY, HAS PUT THE KURDISH ISSUE ON THE FRONT PAGES OF NEWSPAPERS AROUND THE WORLD.
  • OCALAN / GREECE Voice of America 17 Feburary 1999 -- MYSTERY CONTINUES TO SURROUND THE EXACT CIRCUMSTANCES OF ABDULLAH OCALAN'S ARREST IN KENYA. BUT EIGHT SENIOR LAWMAKERS IN ATHENS HAVE ACCUSED THE GOVERNMENT OF ASSISTING IN THE ARREST.
  • OCALAN PROTEST UPDATE Voice of America 17 Feburary 1999 -- ANGRY KURDS PROTEST THE ARREST OF REBEL LEADER ABDULLAH OCALAN. MOST DEMONSTRATIONS HAVE BEEN AGAINST GREEK DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS BECAUSE OF REPORTED GREEK LINKS TO THE ARREST -- A CHARGE GREECE HAS DENIED.
  • TURKEY / KURDS Voice of America 17 Feburary 1999 -- TURKISH TELEVISION HAS SHOWN THE FIRST PICTURES OF KURDISH REBEL LEADER ABDULLAH OCALAN AFTER HIS SEIZURE IN KENYA BY TURKISH SPECIAL FORCES.
  • TURKEY / P-K-K / IRAQ Voice of America 17 Feburary 1999 -- SEVERAL THOUSAND TURKISH TROOPS HAVE LAUNCHED A CROSS-BORDER OFFENSIVE AGAINST KURDISH REBELS IN NORTHERN IRAQ IN WHAT TURKISH MILITARY OFFICIALS DESCRIBE AS A LIMITED OPERATION.
  • TURKEY CAPTURES OCALAN; EUROPE'S KURDS REVOLT Voice of America 17 Feburary 1999 -- VIOLENCE ERUPTED AT MIDWEEK IN MANY PARTS OF EUROPE AS TURKISH KURDS DEMONSTRATED VIOLENTLY AT THE CAPTURE OF THE MAN KNOWN AS "APO," ABDULLAH OCALAN.
  • U-N / ANGOLA SANCTIONS Voice of America 18 Feburary 1999 -- THE U-N SECURITY COUNCIL IS APPEALING TO THE PUBLIC FOR INFORMATION REGARDING POSSIBLE VIOLATIONS OF THE SANCTIONS AGAINST ANGOLA'S UNITA OPPOSITION GROUP.
  • ETHIOPIA / ERITREA FRONT Voice of America 17 Feburary 1999 -- WITH REGIONAL MEDIATORS TRYING TO BRING A CEASEFIRE IN THE BORDER WAR BETWEEN ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA, BOTH COUNTRIES ARE REINFORCING POSITIONS ALONG THEIR BORDER.
  • COLOMBIA VIOLENCE Voice of America 17 Feburary 1999 -- VIOLENCE IN COLOMBIA CAUSED MORE THAN 300-THOUSAND PEOPLE TO FLEE THEIR COMMUNITIES LAST YEAR, ACCORDING TO A NEW OFFICIAL REPORT.
  • RUSSIA / KURDS Voice of America 16 Feburary 1999 -- POLICE IN MOSCOW HAVE REMOVED ABOUT 50 KURDISH DEMONSTRATORS WHO FORCED THEIR WAY INTO THE GREEK EMBASSY TO PROTEST THE ARREST OF KURDISH REBEL LEADER ABDULLAH OCALAN.
  • OCALAN / GREECE Voice of America 16 Feburary 1999 -- GREECE HAS ISSUED AN ULTIMATUM TO THE KURDISTAN WORKERS PARTY, ORDERING ITS EXTREMIST SUPPORTERS TO RELEASE A HOST OF GREEK NATIONALS TAKEN HOSTAGE IN AT LEAST 10 GREEK EMBASSIES AND CONSULATES THROUGHOUT EUROPE TUESDAY.
  • OCALAN WRAP Voice of America 16 Feburary 1999 -- THE ARREST OF KURDISH SEPARATIST LEADER ABDULLAH OCALAN HAS UNLEASHED A WAVE OF DEMONSTRATIONS ACROSS EUROPE.
  • TURKEY / KURDS Voice of America 16 Feburary 1999 -- ABDULLAH OCALAN, THE LEADER OF THE KURDISTAN WORKERS' PARTY, OR P-K-K, HAS BEEN CAPTURED AND BROUGHT TO TURKEY. THE PARTY IS OUTLAWED BY TURKEY AND MR. OCALAN IS WANTED ON TERRORISM CHARGES.
  • ETHIOPIA-ERITREA DISPUTE: SOUR NOTES IN THE HORN OF AFRICA USIA Foreign Media Reaction Daily Digest February 16, 1999 -- Foreign observers in Africa and Europe lamented that "a full-scale war is raging between Ethiopia and Eritrea" despite the efforts of the Organization of Africa Unity, the UN Security Council and U.S. mediators. Ethiopian and Eritrean media each protested the violation of their country's "sovereignty" and signaled that the border dispute over the Badme region.
  • ETHIOPIA ERITREA Voice of America 16 Feburary 1999 -- ETHIOPIA IS REINFORCING POSITIONS ALONG ITS NORTHERN BORDER, PREPARING FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF FIGHTING WITH ERITREA.
  • U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing , FEBRUARY 16, 1999 -- The United States did not apprehend or transfer Ocalan or transport him to Turkey. In other words, US personnel did not participate in any of those actions that I just described. Our policy toward the whole Ocalan issue has been a very clear declaration on our part that he should be brought to justice. We have had extensive diplomatic efforts that we have undertaken to bring him to justice. We have been in frequent diplomatic contact with all governments concerned.
  • UGANDA BOMBINGS Voice of America 15 Feburary 1999 -- BOMBS WERE PLANTED BY AN URBAN BAND OF A REBEL GROUP CALLED THE ALLIED DEMOCRATIC FORCES, OR A-D-F, WHO REPORTEDLY USE BASES IN EASTERN CONGO-KINSHASA TO LAUNCH THEIR ATTACKS OVER UGANDA'S WESTERN BORDER.
  • SUDAN MEDIATOR Voice of America 15 Feburary 1999 -- THE UNITED NATIONS PROPOSES APPOINTING A PERMANENT MEDIATOR TO WORK FULL TIME ON FINDING A PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT TO THE WAR IN SUDAN.
  • ETHIOPIA / ERITREA FRONT Voice of America 15 Feburary 1999 -- ETHIOPIA IS REINFORCING POSITIONS ALONG ITS NORTHERN BORDER AFTER MORE THAN ONE-WEEK OF FIGHTING WITH NEIGHBORING ERITREA.
  • ERITREA / BOMBING Voice of America 14 Feburary 1999 -- ERITREA SAYS ITS ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS HAVE SHOT DOWN AN ETHIOPIAN HELICOPTER GUNSHIP ON THE EASTERN FRONT OF THEIR RENEWED BORDER WAR.
  • ETHIOPIA / ERITREA FIGHTING Voice of America 12 Feburary 1999 -- ETHIOPIA SAYS IT HAS NOW COMPLETED THE FIRST PHASE OF WHAT IT CALLS ITS COUNTER-OFFENSIVE, REGAINING GROUND IT SAYS IS ESSENTIAL FOR UPCOMING MISSIONS.
  • SIERRA LEONE / NEIGHBORS Voice of America 12 Feburary 1999 -- SIERRA LEONE'S INTERNAL CONFLICT IS HAVING AN EFFECT FAR BEYOND ITS BORDERS. THE WAR HAS FLOODED WEST AFRICA WITH REFUGEES. AND SOME SAY IT MAY ALSO THREATEN THE STABILITY OF OTHER COUNTRIES.
  • EAST TIMOR: 'INDONESIA'S SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY' USIA Foreign Media Reaction Daily Digest February 12, 1999 -- Commentators viewed the current moment as a "splendid"--if problematic--opportunity for Jakarta to resolve the issue of East Timor, which was annexed by Indonesia in 1976 after Portugal abandoned the territory in 1975.
  • SECURITY COUNCIL CALLS FOR END TO ETHIOPIA, ERITREA FIGHTING Judy Aita USIA - 11 February 1999 -- Condemning "the recourse to the use of force" by Ethiopia and Eritrea, the United Nations Security Council February 10 demanded an immediate halt to the hostilities, particularly air strikes in the disputed border area.
  • African Peacemakers Want U.S. Support -- Not U.S. Troops By Linda D. Kozaryn American Forces Press Service 11 February 1999 -- Defense Secretary William S. Cohen's visit here was to strengthen military ties with South Africa, but that does not mean U.S. service members will deploy to African hot spots.
  • EAST TIMOR / RESISTANCE Voice of America 11 Feburary 1999 -- INDONESIAN PRESIDENT B-J HABIBIE'S STATEMENT THAT HE FAVORS INDEPENDENCE FOR EAST TIMOR HAS BEEN WELCOMED BY MEMBERS OF THE EAST TIMORESE RESISTANCE.
  • ETHIOPIA / ERITREA FIGHTING Voice of America 11 Feburary 1999 -- THE ORGANIZATION OF AFRICAN UNITY (O-A-U) IS WORKING TOWARD A CEASEFIRE IN THE WAR BETWEEN ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA.
  • U-S / ETHIOPIA-ERITREA Voice of America 11 Feburary 1999 -- TWO KEY LAWMAKERS OVERSEEING U-S POLICY IN AFRICA ARE CALLING FOR PRESIDENT CLINTON TO PLAY A MORE ACTIVE ROLE IN RESOLVING THE BORDER CONFLICT BETWEEN ERITREA AND ETHIOPIA.
  • ANGOLA / ZAMBIA Voice of America 11 Feburary 1999 -- ANGOLA AND ZAMBIA ARE ONCE AGAIN AT LOGGERHEADS OVER ALLEGATIONS THAT THE UNITA REBEL MOVEMENT IS RECEIVING CRITICAL SUPPLIES, INCLUDING WEAPONS AND AMMUNITION, THROUGH ZAMBIAN TERRITORY.
  • ANGOLA / UNITA Voice of America 11 Feburary 1999 -- AN OFFICIAL OF ANGOLA'S UNITA REBEL MOVEMENT HAS DENIED ANGOLAN GOVERNMENT CHARGES THAT HE IS IN SOUTH AFRICA RECRUITING MERCENARIES ON BEHALF OF UNITA.
  • ZIMBABWE / REACT Voice of America 10 Feburary 1999 -- THERE IS GROWING CONDEMNATION, OF THE APPARENT CRACKDOWN LAUNCHED BY ZIMBABWEAN AUTHORITIES AGAINST JOURNALISTS LINKED TO PUBLISHED ARTICLES RELATED TO ZIMBABWE'S CONTROVERSIAL DEPLOYMENT OF TROOPS IN CONGO-KINSHASA.
  • ETHIOPIA/ERITREA FIGHTING Voice of America 10 Feburary 1999 -- PRESIDENT CLINTON IS CALLING ON ETHIOPIA TO STOP USING AIR POWER IN ITS WAR WITH ERITREA.
  • PRESS BRIEFING ON EAST TIMOR - 9 February 1999 -- At the conclusion of two days of intensive talks on East Timor, the Secretary-General's Personal Representative, Jamsheed Marker, the Foreign Minister of Portugal, Jaime Gama, and the Foreign Minister of Indonesia, Ali Alatas, briefed the press Monday evening at Headquarters.
  • STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT February 9, 1999 I am deeply concerned by the heavy fighting along the border between Ethiopia and Eritrea. Since the dispute began in May 1998, my Administration has sought to work with these two friends of the United States to achieve a peaceful resolution.
  • SAF / TERROR Voice of America 09 Feburary 1999 -- IN SOUTH AFRICA, THERE WAS A BOMB THREAT AT THE COUNTRY'S PARLIAMENT COMPLEX IN CAPE TOWN TUESDAY AS THE JUSTICE MINISTER SPOKE OF THE NEED FOR NEW ANTI-TERRORISM LEGISLATION.
  • LANKA / CLASH Voice of America 09 Feburary 1999 -- AT LEAST 26 TAMIL-TIGER REBELS HAVE BEEN KILLED IN CLASHES BETWEEN SOLDIERS AND REBELS IN SRI LANKA'S NORTH AND EAST.
  • ERITREA / ETHIOPIA Voice of America 08 Feburary 1999 -- FIGHTING BETWEEN ERITREA AND ETHIOPIA IS IN ITS THIRD DAY WITH HEAVY EXCHANGES ALONG THEIR BORDER.
  • COLOMBIA REBELS Voice of America 08 Feburary 1999 -- VENEZUELA WILL HOST TALKS THIS WEEK BETWEEN THE COLOMBIAN GOVERNMENT AND THE SECOND LARGEST COLOMBIAN GUERRILLA GROUP, THE NATIONAL LIBERATION ARMY.
  • ANGOLA/ZAMBIA Voice of America 08 Feburary 1999 -- A TOP ZAMBIAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL ACCUSED OF INVOLVEMENT IN AN ILLEGAL SUPPORT NETWORK FOR ANGOLA'S "UNITA" REBEL MOVEMENT HAS DENIED THE CHARGES.
  • TEXT: U.S. CALLS FOR RESTRAINT IN ETHIOPIAN-ERITREAN CONFLICT 05 February 1999 -- Following a statement by Ethiopia that Eritrea had bombed a northern Ethiopian town -- which Eritrea denied -- the U.S. government February 5 welcomed assurances from both sides that they are committed to an air strike moratorium and called on both parties to exercise restraint.
  • CHIAPAS CONFLICT Voice of America 05 Feburary 1999 -- THE GUNS MAY BE SILENT FOR THE MOMENT, BUT THE SIMMERING CONFLICT IS NOW AN IMPORTANT PART OF EVERYDAY LIFE.
  • BURUNDI UNITY Voice of America 05 Feburary 1999 -- THE BIGGEST REBEL GROUP IS STILL ACTIVELY FIGHTING THE GOVERNMENT. WITHOUT THEM, THERE IS NO CHANCE FOR A CEASEFIRE.
  • BURUNDI FIGHTING Voice of America 05 Feburary 1999 -- FIGHTING IN SOUTHERN BURUNDI HAS DISPLACED THOUSANDS OF CIVILIANS.
  • A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR EAST TIMOR? Voice of America 04 Feburary 1999 -- AFTER YEARS OF INTERNAL STRIFE, RELATIONS BETWEEN INDONESIA AND THE FORMER PORTUGUESE COLONY OF EAST TIMOR APPEAR TO BE CHANGING FOR THE BETTER.
  • SIERRA LEONE / MILITARY Voice of America 04 Feburary 1999 -- THE WEST-AFRICAN PEACE INTERVENTION FORCE, ECOMOG, CONTINUES TO FLUSH OUT REBELS FROM AROUND FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE. BUT ECOMOG MAY NOT HAVE MUCH TIME.
  • CHIAPAS / ARMS Voice of America 04 Feburary 1999 -- IN MEXICO'S SOUTHERN STATE OF CHIAPAS, AN ARMED INSURGENCY THAT BROKE OUT FIVE-YEARS AGO HAS YET TO BE RESOLVED.
  • BURUNDI FIGHTING Voice of America 04 Feburary 1999 -- BURUNDI'S ARMY IS REINFORCING POSITIONS IN THE SOUTH OF THE COUNTRY AFTER WEEKS OF FIGHTING WITH REBELS.
  • GUINEA BISSAU / PEACEKEEPERS Voice of America 04 Feburary 1999 -- IN GUINEA BISSAU, ABOUT 300 WEST AFRICAN PEACEKEEPERS HAVE ARRIVED IN THE CAPITAL, BISSAU, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF A FRAGILE CEASE-FIRE.
  • UGANDA IS IN CONGO FOR GOOD REASONS, SAYS MINISTER MBABAZI 03 February 1999 By Jim Fisher-Thompson USIA -- Uganda is involved in the current crisis in Congo/Kinshasa only to ensure its security and forestall a recurrence of the 1994 genocide that killed hundreds of thousands in the region, Ugandan Minister of State for Regional Cooperation Amama Mbabazi said.
  • ANGOLA'S 'DIRTY WAR': BOTH SIDES MUST RETURN TO THE CONFERENCE TABLE USIA Foreign Media Reaction Report February 3, 1999 -- With Jonas Savimbi's rebel UNITA (National Union for the Total Independence of Angola) seizing town after town closer to Luanda and President dos Santos promising during his new government's swearing-in to smash the rebel movement once and for all, African observers expressed dire concern that Angola's decades-long civil war has again escalated.
  • BURUNDI ATTACK Voice of America 03 Feburary 1999 -- REBELS IN BURUNDI HAVE ATTACKED A CAMP FOR DISPLACED CIVILIANS. THE ATTACK CAME IN THE THIRD WEEK OF FIGHTING NEAR BURUNDI'S BORDER WITH TANZANIA.
  • GUINEA BISSAU / CEASEFIRE Voice of America 03 Feburary 1999 -- THE WARRING SIDES IN GUINEA BISSAU HAVE SIGNED A NEW CEASEFIRE AFTER THREE DAYS OF FIGHTING BETWEEN GOVERNMENT LOYALISTS AND REBELS.
  • INDONEISA / EAST TIMOR Voice of America 02 Feburary 1999 -- EAST TIMORESE WHO SUPPORT INTEGRATION WITH INDONESIA BEGAN MOVES IN JAKARTA WEDNESDAY TO SALVAGE AN AUTONOMY DEAL.
  • TURKEY / KURDS Voice of America 02 Feburary 1999 -- TURKEY IS CONTINUING ITS SEARCH FOR FUGITIVE KURDISH REBEL LEADER ABDULLAH OCALAN.
  • GUINEA BISSAU / FIGHTING Voice of America 02 Feburary 1999 -- THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT IS DENYING THAT ONE OF ITS WARSHIPS HAS ATTACKED REBEL POSITIONS NEAR THE CAPITAL OF GUINEA BISSAU.