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To: Sergio R. Mejia who wrote (22035)	10/21/1998 2:43:00 AM
From: Alex	Respond to of 116764

U.S. diplomat official warns of African 'world war' over Congo <Picture: Rice>Rice October 21, 1998 Web posted at: 1:42 a.m. EST (0642 GMT) NEW YORK (AP) -- The State Department's top Africa official warned Tuesday that the burgeoning number of African countries jumping into Congo's civil war risks igniting that continent's first "world war." Susan Rice, assistant secretary of state for Africa, said that sub-Saharan nations should work together more closely to curb destabilizing conflicts, rather than participate in them. "The more countries we have involved, the more complicated it becomes to unravel," Rice said of the war pitting forces of President Laurent Kabila against rebels based in the east of the huge country. "This is becoming akin to Africa's first world war." Zimbabwe, Angola, Namibia and Chad have sent troops to support Kabila. Rwanda is helping the rebels, and Uganda denies allegations it is doing so. Rice said there also were signs of involvement by Sudan and Burundi. During question period following her speech before African diplomats, academics and journalists at Columbia University, During question period following her speech before African diplomats, academics and journalists at Columbia University, Zimbabwe's U.N. ambassador, Machivenyika Mapauranga, accused the United States of backing Rwanda, Uganda and the rebels -- something the United States denies. "We all know that (Ugandan President Yoweri) Museveni is the blue-eyed boy of the United States," Mapauranga said. Rice noted that new conflicts, such as the Congo fighting and the Ethiopia-Eritrea border war, have deflated some of the optimism for post-Cold War Africa that was present earlier this decade. But she said that critics were wrong to call Africa's recent resurgence a hallucination. Rice stressed that U.S. policy in Africa is aimed at limiting trans-national conflicts and helping bring the continent into the world economy. African nations have privatized 2,000 government-owned industries worth $2.3 billion in the past few years, she said. cnn.com