Opposition unites to oppose legal changes benefiting Congo's Kabila


  • World
  • Tuesday, 05 Aug 2014

KINSHASA (Reuters) - Hundreds of opposition supporters protested in the capital of Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday to demand that President Joseph Kabila not change the constitution to seek a third term at elections due in 2016.

Representatives of the two main opposition parties, the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) and the Union for the Congolese Nation (UNC), were joined by a host of smaller parties at odds with Kabila’s majority coalition.

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