DRC: Tshisekedi prevented from leaving Kinshasa

The Congolese authorities have reportedly prevented opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi from leaving the country to attend a meeting of the Socialist International organisation in Portugal. According to a statement from Tshisekedi's party, the Union pour la democratie et le progres social (UDPS), he has been forbidden to leave his house in Kinshasa and is currently at home "under surveillance".