Étienne Tshisekedi wa Mulumba

The 62-year-old was a confidant of the late Etienne Tshisekedi wa Mulumba the towering figure of opposition politics who died in February and a Deputy Secretary General of his Union pour la démocratie et le progrès social (UDPS; AC Vol 58 No 4 Leader's demise imperils deal)...

The 62-year-old was a confidant of the late Etienne Tshisekedi wa Mulumba the towering figure of opposition politics who died in February and a Deputy Secretary General of his Union pour la démocratie et le progrès social (UDPS; AC Vol 58 No 4 Leader's demise imperils deal)...

Most of the coalition has lined up behind Etienne Tshisekedi's son Félix Tshisekedi and Pierre Lumbi Okongo President of the G-7 a group of seven political parties which left the MP in September 2015 and backs Moïse Katumbi Chapwe a one-time Kabila ally and former Governor of Katanga to become the next president...

'Bruno was close to Etienne Tshisekedi as an individual but very distant from the rest ' said one UDPS official...

The death in Brussels on 1 February of the historic charismatic opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi wa Mulumba from a pulmonary embolism at the age of 84 is a stark blow to the Congolese peace process...

The death in Brussels on 1 February of the historic charismatic opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi wa Mulumba from a pulmonary embolism at the age of 84 is a stark blow to the Congolese peace process...

Badibanga is a dissident from the main opposition party the Union pour la démocratie et le progrès social having fallen foul of veteran party boss Etienne Tshisekedi wa Mulumba in 2011 after he ordered UDPS candidates elected to Parliament not to take their seats...

Badibanga is a dissident from the main opposition party the Union pour la démocratie et le progrès social having fallen foul of veteran party boss Etienne Tshisekedi wa Mulumba in 2011 after he ordered UDPS candidates elected to Parliament not to take their seats...

Burying newsKinshasa meanwhile has also been trying to bury news of a new rebellion brewing across the former Kasai provinces a bastion of support for opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi wa Mulumba the head of the Union pour la démocratie et le progrès social who has so far refused to take part in Kabila's National Dialogue project (AC Vol 57 No 24 Kabila ducks and dives)...

Burying newsKinshasa meanwhile has also been trying to bury news of a new rebellion brewing across the former Kasai provinces a bastion of support for opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi wa Mulumba the head of the Union pour la démocratie et le progrès social who has so far refused to take part in Kabila's National Dialogue project (AC Vol 57 No 24 Kabila ducks and dives)...

These suspicions caused the Rassemblement a broad coalition headed by veteran opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi wa Mulumba head of the Union pour la démocratie et le progrès social (UDPS) to boycott the talks which produced the agreement...

These suspicions caused the Rassemblement a broad coalition headed by veteran opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi wa Mulumba head of the Union pour la démocratie et le progrès social (UDPS) to boycott the talks which produced the agreement...

The allies of oppositionist Etienne Tshisekedi calculate this latest political contest will be decided more by the numbers of the street than the discreet work of lobbying firms in Washington...

Running battles had broken out between police and protestors in Limete the opposition stronghold of Etienne Tshisekedi wa Mulumba the 83-year-old president of the Union pour la démocratie et le progrès social (UDPS)...

Running battles had broken out between police and protestors in Limete the opposition stronghold of Etienne Tshisekedi wa Mulumba the 83-year-old president of the Union pour la démocratie et le progrès social (UDPS)...

There have long been heavyweights in the ranks of Congo-Kinshasa's opposition most enduringly Etienne Tshisekedi wa Mulumba and more recently Moïse Katumbi Chapwe...

There have long been heavyweights in the ranks of Congo-Kinshasa's opposition most enduringly Etienne Tshisekedi wa Mulumba and more recently Moïse Katumbi Chapwe...

In search of opposition consensus Katumbi flew to Brussels for a two-and-a-half hour meeting on 4 April with Etienne Tshisekedi wa Mulumba 83 the ailing but still politically formidable leader of the Union pour la démocratie et le progrès social (UDPS)...

In search of opposition consensus Katumbi flew to Brussels for a two-and-a-half hour meeting on 4 April with Etienne Tshisekedi wa Mulumba 83 the ailing but still politically formidable leader of the Union pour la démocratie et le progrès social (UDPS)...

Undeterred Etienne Tshisekedi the head of the Union pour la démocratie et le progrès social the largest opposition party last week reiterated his refusal to participate in the dialogue in its present form (AC Vol 56 No 25 The Kinshasa shell game)...