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Leaders of the opposition in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have paid tribute to politician Charles Mwando Nsimba, who died yesterday (12 December).

Mwando Nsimba was the president of the G7 coalition, which comprises seven of the DRC's political party leaders who were expelled from the government after addressing an open letter to Kabila, calling on him to respect the country's constitution and step down from power when his second term expires on 19 December.

The president of the National Union of Federal Democrats (Unadef) party, Mwando Nsimba died in Brussels, Belgium, following a long illness, according to an obituary published in the newspaper Forum des As by his son, MP Christian Mwando.

Mwando confirmed his father had died from food poisoning.

In the wake of the news, leaders of the Congolese opposition and civil society representatives took to social media to pay tribute to the 81-year-old.

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