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To: Gunnar who wrote (265)	11/5/1998 9:40:00 PM
From: Tomas	Respond to of 486

South Africa's Pahad says Africa on brink of major war; Mandela to talk to Kagame CAPE TOWN [AFX] - Deputy Foreign Minister Aziz Pahad said that the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo could escalate into a major war that would set the continent back years but stressed that while the ''international community can help, it is up to the Congolese themselves to find that solution.'' ''It is our view that our continent, and our region specifically, is facing one of the greatest dangers we have faced since colonial days,'' Pahad said at a news conference. Pahad said that soldiers from Chad, Zimbabwe, Angola and Namibia are currently helping DRC President Laurent Kabila put down a rebellion led by Tutsis, who are supported by Uganda and, unofficially, Rwanda. ''We now have several armies involved in the conflict in the DRC; more dangerously, we have a lot of unstatutory forces,'' he added, singling out the ''genocidal forces from Rwanda'', soldiers loyal to late Zairean dictator Mobutu Sese Seko and troops of the Angolan opposition Union for the Total Independence of Angola [UNITA] movement. President Nelson Mandela, who is heading a peace initiative on behalf of the 14-nation Southern African Development Community with the backing of the UN and the Organisation of African Unity, is due to hold a second round of talks withRwandan defence minister Paul Kagame in Pretoria tomorrow. Government sources said Mandela will try to persuade Kagame to put pressure on the rebels to agree to a ceasefire. Pahad said the South African government wants to convince all parties to to agree to a cessation of hostilities, a troop standstill and the start of political negotiations that will allow the withdrawal of all foreign troops. This would be followed by broader negotiations involving all key political DRC forces that will pave the way for democratic elections. He added that he does not think the country is ''in a position at this stage to contemplate getting involved in any fighting or a shooting war.'' cmm/jsa