The
United Nations peacekeeping mission in Congo has condemned the arrest of about
30 opposition members amid a crackdown on dissent by President Joseph Kabila’s
government.
According
to party members to the Union for Democracy and Social Progress UDPS party, the arrests occurred in the eastern city of Lubumbashi
on Sunday when police broke up a meeting by the UDPS
party on the eve of a return to the city of opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi
after a long absence.
Congo who
is struggling to deal with high political tension and security concerns are
threatening to spiral out of control in Africa’s largest copper producer
because of Kabila’s refusal to hold elections when his presidential mandate
expired nearly a year ago.
The
election commission said earlier this month that an election to replace Kabila,
who came to power after his father’s assassination in 2001, will not be
possible before April 2019 at the earliest citing prospect of long-term unrest.
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