DRC: 13 parties and leaders join Kabila’s rebellion, Kinshasa suspends them

The Congolese deputy prime minister for the interior suspended the activities of 13 political parties allied with Joseph Kabila or led by his associates after they joined the Front for the Refoundation of the Nation. The parties include Kabila’s PPRD, Matata Ponyo’s LGD, Corneille Nangaa’s ADCP and Franck Diongo’s MLP. The movement, founded in part by Nangaa, Bertrand Bisimwa, Freddy Kaniki and Sultani Makenga, says it aims to end what it calls Félix Tshisekedi’s “tyranny.” The telegram announcing the suspension gives no details about its duration or implementation.