World IN BRIEF : ZAIRE : Mobutu Now Rejects New Prime Minister
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
President Mobutu Sese Seko said he is withdrawing his nomination of an opponent to the prime minister’s job and plans to keep control of the army, a Western diplomat said. Mobutu told Western ambassadors that the opposition figure, Etienne Tshisekedi, had insulted him by stating that he planned to strip all important powers from Mobutu, Zaire’s dictatorial ruler for 26 years.
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