NPR's Michael Skoler reports from Kinshasa on growing calls in the Zairean capital for the government to open peace talks with Tutsi-led rebels. Since the uprising began last fall, the insurgents have captured a huge portion of eastern Zaire, and many supporters of President Mobutu Sese Seko have no faith in the government's poorly-disciplined army. So far the government is spurning calls for dialogue, saying it is pursuing a purely military solution. Officials claimed Zaire's air force carried out more bombing runs against rebel-held towns today.
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