WORLD IN BRIEF : ZAIRE : Mobutu Again Fires His Prime Minister
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
President Mobutu Sese Seko fired reformist Prime Minister Etienne Tshisekedi for the second time, blaming him for riots that killed at least 80 people in Zaire. Mobutu said he would ask the transitional Parliament of the huge Central African country to propose a fresh premier, charging that Tshisekedi had not fulfilled his mandate to form a new, broad-based Cabinet.
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