Congo suspends Kabila’s political party over rebel ‘ties’

Congolese authorities said Saturday they had suspended the party of former President Joseph Kabila.

An Interior ministry statement justifying the ban on the People’s Party for Reconstruction and Democracy (PPRD) accused Kabila of of ‘overt’ activism.

It said the 53-year-old had been reluctant to condemn M23, the rebel group controlling North and South KIvu provinces.

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