Former presidents are a tricky bunch to deal with by incumbents. They are a nuisance that is better tolerated than ignored or imprisoned.

Felix Tshisekedi, the embattled president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has just discovered that his former sponsor and ally, Joseph Kabila, needs to be managed. Instead of managing him, he has decided to muzzle him...

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