Étienne Tshisekedi wa Mulumba

A week before the elections supporters of Etienne Tshisekedi's Union pour la Démocratie et le Progrès Social (UDPS) brought thousands of people out onto the streets in east Kinshasa to protest against Kabila's rule...

A powerful lobby in favour of significant changes during the interregnum has included the Catholic church various civil society groups opposition parties - of which the most coherent is Etienne Tshisekedi wa Malumba's Union pour la Démocratie et le Progrès Social (UDPS) - plus within the ruling coalition the Mouvement pour la Libération du Congo (MLC) and the Rassemblement Congolais pour la Démocratie (RCD)...

As a relative newcomer to Congolese politics he lacks a national network but may get votes from frustrated supporters of Etienne Tshisekedi...

Such a dialogue is supported by the most important political force Etienne Tshisekedi wa Malumba's opposition Union pour la Démocratie et le Progrès Social (UDPS)...

Opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi wa Malumba's Union pour la Démocratie et le Progrès Social (UDPS) and the Catholic Church don't...

The elections look tarnished too; the government cannot keep to the revised timetable for the main polls to be held on 18 June and the decision by veteran oppositionist Etienne Tshisekedi wa Malumba to boycott them may make a credible vote impossible...

The main groups that want a speedy end to the transitional presidency and assembly include the Union pour la Démocratie et le Progrès Social (led by Etienne Tshisekedi wa Malumba) the Parti Lumumbiste Unifié some Christian activists grouped around Professor Thierry Nlandu Father José Mpundu's Amos group and several others...

The Secretary General of Kabila's Parti du Peuple pour la Reconstruction et la Démocratie Vital Kamerhe told the party congress that the only opponent he fears is Etienne Tshisekedi...

Then this week veteran oppositionist Etienne Tshisekedi wa Malumba agreed to drop his threatened boycott of the elections...

Militant supporters of veteran oppositionist Étienne Tshisekedi wa Malumba want to turn Independence Day on 30 June into Revolution Day...

Meanwhile the leader of the Union pour la Démocratie et le Progrès Social Etienne Tshisekedi wa Malumba whose party has boycotted the transitional government is calling for mass protests on 30 June when he claims the government's legal mandate will end...