DRC: Bemba party ends boycott of parliament

Congo's largest opposition party allied to ex-warlord Jean-Pierre Bemba said on Wednesday its deputies were returning to parliament after walking out this month to demand government guarantees for their safety. Bemba, the defeated contender in last year's elections won by President Joseph Kabila, left Democratic Republic of Congo on April 11 for medical treatment in Portugal following the rout of his militiamen by government troops in fighting in Kinshasa.