DR Congo bans 13 parties, including Kabila’s PPRD
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on MediacongoOur method
Congolese Interior Minister Jacquemain Shabani Lukoo has ordered a ban on the activities of 13 political parties across the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The measure targets, among others, the PPRD of former president Joseph Kabila and is to be enforced by governors, according to an official message from the ministry.
The Congolese Minister of the Interior, Jacquemain Shabani Lukoo, banned the activities of 13 political parties in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Thursday 15 October, according to Mediacongo. The PPRD, the party of former president Joseph Kabila, is among those targeted.
The measure also covers the LGD of former prime minister Matata Ponyo, Noël Tshiani’s PISTE-E, Théophile Bemba Fundu’s AAP and Claudel Lubaya’s original UDA. The ban applies throughout the national territory.
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