A DR Congo opposition deputy and former government minister was found dead on Thursday. The body of a DR Congo opposition deputy and former government minister was found riddled with bullets in the capital Kinshasa on Thursday, officials said. An official in Katumbi's team told AFP that Okende, 61, had disappeared on Wednesday after travelling to an appointment at the constitutional court in Kinshasa. "It's a political assassination," Katumbi told French radio broadcaster RFI. Several of the leading opposition figures, including Katumbi, have insisted the nation's electoral authority is planning a fraudulent poll.

Source: News 24 July 14, 2023 07:33 UTC