Raila Odinga — the towering figure of Kenyan politics who helped usher in multiparty democracy and a new constitution — has died in India at 80.

News of Odinga’s death came as Kinshasa was seething over a meeting of Congolese opposition figures in Nairobi on Tuesday, led by former president Joseph Kabila, who, despite facing a death sentence for treason and other serious charges, continues walking around freely.