NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports from Kinshasa that a general strike called by the opposition shut down the Zairean capital today. Opponents of embattled President Mobutu Sese Seko are trying to step up the pressure on him to resign. Rebel forces now control more than one-third of the vast central African nation, and claim to be five hundred miles from Kinshasa. They say they will advance on the capital if Mobutu refuses to step down.
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