He is also maneuvering for a role in any eventual peace talks between the Government and guerrillas.

But in the countryside scattered fighting between guerrillas and Government security forces was reported.

Residents in Dese described heavy street fighting between guerrillas and army troops.

Meanwhile the country descended into a period of civil war, between the military government and Islamic guerrillas.

Many fled the small country's conflict between guerrillas and the Government.

Caught between army and guerrillas in the civil war, they suffered grievously.

The proposed talks, the first between the Government and guerrillas since 1987, would start Tuesday.

Next door in Colombia, fighting between leftist guerrillas and the army has intensified.

A civil war between the army and Communist guerrillas began in 1961.

Things are calm in the region this morning, after a night of fighting between guerrillas and government forces.