Congo opposition leader Katumbi refused entry at border

Democratic Republic of Congo’s opposition presidential candidate Moise Katumbi (C) waves to his supporters as he walks to the prosecutor’s office over government allegations he hired mercenaries in a plot against the state, in Lubumbashi, the capital of Katanga province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, May 9, 2016.

Congolese opposition leader Moise Katumbi was refused entry into Congo via the country’s land border with Zambia on Friday, he said in a Tweet.

Katumbi, one of the main rivals of President Joseph Kabila, had planned to return home this week after two years in exile to submit his candidacy for December’s presidential election.