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RWANDA: CiixK Spins Reforms
President Habyarimana las) week introduced an economic reform package, announced thai new national identity cards will exclude tribal affiliation, andransition to multiparty democracy in ihore up his bclcaBuercd regime. Ethnic Tutsi rebeb have rejected sis moves and insist that he and his Hutu-dominated regime be removed. Skirmishes continue between lhesupported by France andsmall rebel groups along ihe Tan/anian
and Ugandan borders,
egional settleniini uu ividgees jnuoneTcflegionaleacekeepinR force, and the resettlement of all Rwandan refugees. Military delegations from Zaire. Rwanda. Burundi. Uganda, and the rebels arc meeting in Zaire tooint force lo patrol the Rwandan-Ugandan border. The UN High Commission for Refugees isegional summit on ihe refugee problem thai may convene laic :his month in TanTania.
Habyai imana probably made his announcement in ihe nflntaininj
iuia ui maintaining rorciftn. especially French, economic and political support. He oho probably believes his reform initiatives will preempt rebel demands. The prospects or concessions to Tutsi interests and of economic austerity, however, risk jcopardiring his position at home, particularly with Hutu hardliners in the military, and may limit his maneuvering room in regional lalksj
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