Former CAR president denies supporting MLC

The Rassemblement democratique centrafricaine (RDC) party of former Central African Republic president Andre Kolingba has denied allegations by the Forces armees congolaises that he has been supporting the Congolese rebel Mouvement de liberation du congo (MLC). RDC secretary-general Idriss Salao categorically denied the allegations, which he said were “nothing but a string of lies”, and called on the national and international community not to be deceived by “gross and undignified manoeuvres” that originated in the internal political dynamics of the Central African Republic.

Meanwhile, DRC Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Yerodia said on Wednesday that opposition politician Etienne Tshisekedi had colluded with DRC’s rebel leaders and hinted that he could face treason charges, Reuters reported. “He has joined the traitors and will be treated as such,” Yerodia told Congolese television, in reference to criticism of the DRC regime by Tshisekedi while in South Africa this week and his stated intention to run for the presidency in a post-conflict scenario.