The leader of the opposition in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Felix Tshisekedi, returned to Kinshasa on Sunday just as police arrested some of his supporters during a demonstration. Tshisekedi landed at the Ndjili airport at about midday after a trip to Europe, a member of his team said. He was to travel on to his residence in Kinshasa’s Limete neighbourhood, where earlier in the day four opposition activists had been arrested by police using teargas to break up an unauthorised demonstration. "We picked up three or four people who did not obey police orders. They will be set free," said national police spokesman Pierrot Mwanamputu. Tshisekedi is the son — and successor in the opposition movement — of Etienne Tshisekedi, a longtime leading opponent of President Joseph Kabila. He died in February in Belgium, aged 84. Kinshasa police had said on Saturday that they were banning Sunday’s planned demonstration of the opposition coalition, saying they feared violent clashes. The opposi...
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