The opposition wants KABILA to end his fifteen-year rule in December as mandated by the constitution but authorities say the vote cannot be held until at least next July and the top court says KABILA can stay in power until the election is held.
The strike call represents a significant escalation of opposition action in a country where about forty demonstrators died in anti-government protests over the issue in January 2015.
Mineral-rich Congo is plagued by militia violence in the east and has never experienced a peaceful transition of power.
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