1. Alone, Chege said, civilian opposition movements are often powerless to force meaningful democratic concessions from entrenched dictators.
2. On Wednesday, Kinshasa was shut down by a strike called jointly by the rebels and the civilian opposition to Mobutu.
3. The civilian opposition will be looking for signs that the military is prepared to let political parties field their own candidates and campaign free of manipulation by the army.
4. Unless Milosevic suddenly loses his will to rule, the petty, quarreling leaders of the civilian opposition will have a hard time supplanting his regime.
5. Contacted from outside Liberia, rebel spokesman William Hanson said his Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy hope to encourage the civilian opposition to act peaceably against Taylor.
6. He said the intensified bombing campaign was demoralizing the Yugoslav forces and was increasing civilian opposition to Milosevic.
7. The failed coup left a rapidly growing civilian opposition leaderless, disoriented, and feeling betrayed.
8. The government meanwhile is facing mounting criticism from civilian opposition parties who claim post-war Angola is becoming a bi-partisan affair in which they are being effectively sidelined.