The Democratic Republic of Congo has banned all the activities of the People’s Party for Reconstruction and Democracy (PPRD) above whose leadership recently stepped Joseph Kabila , amid the mounting allegations of subversion and ties to the M23 rebel group.
The Interior Ministry, in a statement on Saturday said the party is suspended nationwide because Kabila has been “overtly active” and has allegedly been involved in “organizing an uprising.” The translation also claims against him has connections with M23, a militia blamed for contemporary offensive in eastern DR Congo and was reportedly supported by Rwanda.
Security forces have recently dwelled Kabila’s farm near Kinshasa and a family compound, and escalating the tensions. Although the former president has remained outside of the country since before the 2023 elections, an announcement by his team in the beginning of April suggested that he would soon be coming back, citing for the nation its plight. 
Unverified reports indicate that Kabila might have arrived by Goma, a city currently in the hands of the rebels. His silence over the M23 rebellion was also blamed by the authorities and accused the PPRD of supporting what they call “Rwandan aggression”.
The Justice Ministry is urging a trial against Kabila for “direct implication” with the rebel group.
This political crisis is the latest in a growing list of instabilities within DR Congo – which faces rising violence in the east and whose relations with Rwanda are frayed.
