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Mandela plans to meet the rebel leader Laurent Kabila in Cape Town,  while...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eEng/French/Nat\u003cbr/\u003eSouth African President Nelson Mandela has arranged separate meetings for the warring factions in Zaire, in a new attempt to revive the peace talks. \u003cbr/\u003eMandela plans to meet the rebel leader Laurent Kabila in Cape Town,  while his deputy, Thabo Mbeki meets a government delegation on board a South African ship moored off the Congolese coast. \u003cbr/\u003eAs rebel troops advance towards Zaire's capital Kinshasa, the parallel talks are seen as a last attempt to avoid a battle for the city. \u003cbr/\u003eZaire's ailing President Mobutu Sese Seko prepared to board the plane that was to take him home after a fruitless journey to Pointe Noire in Congo.\u003cbr/\u003eMobutu waited for hours Wednesday on board the South African ship S-A-S Outeniqua for rebel leader Laurent Kabila to arrive for the resumption of peace talks to settle the conflict in Zaire.\u003cbr/\u003eHowever Kabila failed to show citing a last-minute objection to the site of the talks.  \u003cbr/\u003eArriving in Kinshasa later on Thursday, Mobutu's convoy sped off towards his palatial residence in the capital overlooking the Congo river.\u003cbr/\u003eA Zairean government delegation stayed behind in Pointe Noire to discuss the latest situation with South African Deputy President Thabo Mbeki.\u003cbr/\u003eBy nightfall on Wednesday everyone on board the S-A-S Outeniqua knew the day had been wasted.\u003cbr/\u003eSouth African President Nelson Mandela - who's mediating the talks between Zaire's warring factions -  also gave up and went home.  \u003cbr/\u003eMandela was quickly forced to think up alternative ways to revive the collapsed talks aimed at negotiating a peaceful transition of power in war-torn Zaire.\u003cbr/\u003eDespite the setbacks - and the reported rebel advance on Kinshasa - Mandela remained confident that last-minute efforts to avoid bloodshed would succeed.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"He has made an undertaking to me yesterday and the day before yesterday that he has given an order to his forces not to advance\".\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Nelson Mandela, South African President\u003cbr/\u003eKabila's snub has raised doubts as to whether the rebel leader is in fact willing to stop fighting just as the capital appears within reach of his forces.\u003cbr/\u003eThe rebels have already captured over three-quarters of Zaire - although fighting reportedly eased off in some areas in the run-up to the peace talks.\u003cbr/\u003eBut Zairean government forces say they are ready to face the rebels when they reach the capital Kinshasa.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (French)\u003cbr/\u003e\"The Zairean armed forces continue to fight on with courage and determination, certain of defending a just cause.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Kin-Kiey Mulumba, Zairean information minister\u003cbr/\u003eThe Zaireans remain defiant and insist they will defend Kinshasa - the prize of the rebel rebellion - no matter what it takes.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (French)\u003cbr/\u003e\"We are in favour of peace and reconciliation and we will continue in our efforts to achieve this but as I said if there's a need to take up arms to fight, you know what the situation in Zaire is like, a military embargo has been imposed on us and if we need to take up arms again then the government will do just that\". \u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Kin-Kiey Mulumba, Zairean Information Minister\u003cbr/\u003eAs the situation becomes ever more tense in Kinshasa, the exodus of civilians - both foreign and locals continues unabated. \u003cbr/\u003eAll foreigners have been advised to leave Zaire ahead of any impending fighting on the streets of the capital.\u003cbr/\u003eHowever for some, fleeing to safety in neighbouring Congo does not spell an end to their problems.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"Now we have to find a way to get across and that's our problem, I'm really stranded, it's my first time in Brazzaville and I don't know anything here,  I could try to find my way, I have to be here till Sunday to try to get on the plane to the States\".\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Gary Haller, U-S citizen\u003cbr/\u003eWith the uncertainty over the Zaire peace talks and a rebel attack on Kinshasa growing imminent, it's likely that the flood of civilians and cars descending on the port of Brazzaville will continue to gain momentum.\u003cbr/\u003eMeanwhile a world away from the conflict in Zaire, Kabila's rebels continued fighting on another front. \u003cbr/\u003eIn Geneva, rebel representatives said on Thursday they will ask the U-S and some European states to block any accounts and assets held by  President Mobutu Sese Seko in their countries. \u003cbr/\u003eKabila's men were also critical of the Swiss authorities, which have said only that they will study the request to freeze Mobutu's assets.\u003cbr/\u003ePresident Mobutu Sese Seko is reputedly one of world's richest men, and is believed to have hidden up to 4 (b) billion U-S dollars in Swiss bank accounts.\u003cbr/\u003eAll attempts by his opponents to have his assets frozen abroad have so far failed.\u003cbr/\u003eThe rebels' demands are not just aimed at the Swiss - they're also urging other Western countries where the Zairean dictator has hidden his assets to take action. \u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"The conservatory measures they must take in the States, in Switzerland, in Austria, in Belgium and so on and we expect in France. Especially in France, because we heard that France would like to give impunity to Mobutu not to punish him. This is very bad.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Ghislain Demofike, Rebel representative\u003cbr/\u003eRecent searches for Mobutu's wealth in Swiss banks have been fruitless.\u003cbr/\u003eIt remains to be seen whether Switzerland - and other foreign countries - will unearth the Zairean President's hidden assets - and whether they will then bow to the demands of Kabila's representatives.\u003cbr/\u003ePointe Noire, Brazzaville, Congo - 14 May 1997, Kinshasa, Zaire and Geneva, Switzerland - 15 May 1997\u003cbr/\u003ePointe Noire, Congo - 14 May 1997\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wideshot (night time) Outeniqua moored off Pointe Noire.\u003cbr/\u003e2. President Nelson Mandela and entourage walking into conference room aboard ship.\u003cbr/\u003e3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Nelson Mandela, South African President\u003cbr/\u003e4. Mandela leaving ship to board plane.\u003cbr/\u003e5. Mandela boarding plane.\u003cbr/\u003eKinshasa, Zaire - 15 May 1997\u003cbr/\u003e6. Various of President Mobutu's convoy driving through the streets.\u003cbr/\u003e7. Cutaway onlookers.\u003cbr/\u003e8. Medium close-up Mobutu's car speeding past followed by military trucks and other vehicles in convoy.\u003cbr/\u003eKinshasa, Zaire - 14 May 1997\u003cbr/\u003e9. Wideshot Zairean information minister at press conference.\u003cbr/\u003e10. Midshot same.\u003cbr/\u003e11. Wideshot cutaway press during news conference. \u003cbr/\u003e12. SOUNDBITE: (French) Kin-Kiey Mulumba, Zairean Information Minister.\u003cbr/\u003e13. Cutaway press during news conference.\u003cbr/\u003e14. SOUNDBITE: (French) Kin-Kiey Mulumba, Zairean Information Minister.\u003cbr/\u003e15. Medium shot cutaway press.\u003cbr/\u003e16. Wideshot press conference.\u003cbr/\u003eBrazzaville, Congo - 14 May 1997\u003cbr/\u003e17. Wideshot ferry arriving at harbour.\u003cbr/\u003e18. People disembarking off the ferry.\u003cbr/\u003e19. Medium shot group of people chatting on quayside.\u003cbr/\u003e20. Wideshot car being checked by guard as it comes off the ferry.\u003cbr/\u003e21. Set-up shot Gary Haller\u003cbr/\u003e22. SOUNDBITE: (English) Gary Haller U-S citizen\u003cbr/\u003e23. Zoom out shot Brazzaville to pictures of foreign cars sitting at quayside after coming off ferry.\u003cbr/\u003eGeneva, Switzerland - 15 May 1997\u003cbr/\u003e24. Set up shot Ghislain Demofike, sitting next to members of rebel forces\u003cbr/\u003e25. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ghislain Demofike, rebel representative\u003cbr/\u003e26. Official letters from prosecutor of Lubumbashi to Swiss authorities\u003cbr/\u003e27. Letters from Swiss authorities\u003cbr/\u003e28. 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