Congo Leader Blocks Senate Inaugurations After Alleged Graft
- Former leader Kabila’s coalition won most seats in Senate
- Tshisekedi, Kabila agreed this month to rule in a coalition
Felix Tshisekedi
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Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi blocked senators from taking their seats after an election at the weekend marred by allegations of corruption.
The decision further delays Tshisekedi’s formation of a new government, almost three months after he won a disputed election to lead the world’s biggest cobalt producer. It comes less than two weeks after he and ex-President Joseph Kabila, whose allies won the most seats in parliament’s upper chamber, agreed to govern the central African nation in a coalition.