DR Congo opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi dies in Belgium

Thursday, February 02, 2017

DR Congo's main opposition leader has died in Brussels aged 84, reports say.

Etienne Tshisekedi, one of the country's most important advocates of democracy, was a prominent opponent of successive Congolese leaders.

The party he helped found in 1982, the Union for Democracy and Social Progress party (UDPS), said he had travelled to Belgium last week for medical checks.

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DR Congo opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi dies in Belgium

DR Congo's main opposition leader has died in Brussels aged 84, reports say.