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DR Congo authorities suspend party of ex-president Kabila

Former President of the Democratic Republic of Congo Joseph Kabila addresses the media after a private bilateral meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry at the US Department of State, on August 4, 2014. [AFP]

The Democratic Republic of Congo government said it has suspended the political party of former President Joseph Kabila, days after his properties were raided by security services.

"This decision follows the overt activism" of Kabila, who was president for 18 years up to 2019 and who remains head of his People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy (PPRD), the interior ministry said in a statement dated Saturday.

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