[miningmx.com] – POLICE in Democratic Republic of Congo’s mining hub fired tear gas on Tuesday at opposition supporters brandishing sticks and shovels who were protesting against arrests targeting youth leaders, said Reuters.
Political unrest has spread across the country, Africa’s top copper producer, as opposition parties accuse President Joseph Kabila of seeking to circumvent a constitutional term limit and hang onto power beyond the end of his current mandate next year, the newswire said.
Gabriel Kyungu wa Kumwamza, president of the National Union of Federalists of Congo (UNAFEC), said soldiers arrested about 15 youth members early on Tuesday at the party’s headquarters in Lubumbashi, the main city in the copper-rich Katanga region.
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