Etienne Tshisekedi, the 84-year old long-time opposition leader and force for political openness in Congo, died Wednesday in a hospital in Brussels, after suffering from a long-standing illness.

The leader of the DRC opposition Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS), Etienne Tshisekedi, Thursday expressed his condolence to the family of the late President Laurent Kabila.

DR Congo security forces block entry to a stadium where opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi planned to inaugurate himself as president after rejecting poll results. BBC Homepage Skip to content ...

Democratic Republic of Congo's veteran opposition leader, Etienne Tshisekedi, has died in Brussels aged 84, his party said on Wednesday.

KINSHASA (Reuters) - The dates below the framed black-and-white photograph of Etienne Tshisekedi in the reception hall of the prime minister's offices in Democratic Republic of Congo's capital ...

In 1991, then Congolese President Mobutu Sese Seko made his long-time nemesis Etienne Tshisekedi prime minister, hoping to neutralise opposition to a dictatorship beset by economic and political ...