NPR's Jennifer Ludden explores how Zairean rebels are running Kisangani, their biggest prize in the war so far. The guerrillas captured Kisangani, Zaire's third-largest city, earlier this month. Despite their leader's Marxist past, the rebels are promoting the private sector and have held rudimentary elections for local offices. While many of the city's residents fled before the rebels' arrived, life in many ways has returned to normal.
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