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The government in DR Congo has told the country's football association to suspend league competition from Thursday until further notice.
The move comes amidst fears that the end of President Joseph Kabila's mandate next week will spark violence.
One popular chant heard at games warns Kabila that his mandate is over.
Kabila is required by constitutional term limits to step down on 19 December but he has said he plans to stay on until at least April 2018, the earliest the government says an election originally planned for last month can be organised.
Internet service providers (ISP) in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been told to block social media from Sunday, reports AFP news agency.
One ISP representative told AFP anonymously that they received instructions from the government to enforce the ban from 18:00 on Sunday.
President Joseph Kabila's mandate runs out the next day.
Campaigners have been tweeting using the hashtag [HASHTAG]#ByeByeKabila[/HASHTAG] to put pressure on him to step down on Monday.
Source: BBC Africa
The move comes amidst fears that the end of President Joseph Kabila's mandate next week will spark violence.
One popular chant heard at games warns Kabila that his mandate is over.
Kabila is required by constitutional term limits to step down on 19 December but he has said he plans to stay on until at least April 2018, the earliest the government says an election originally planned for last month can be organised.
Internet service providers (ISP) in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been told to block social media from Sunday, reports AFP news agency.
One ISP representative told AFP anonymously that they received instructions from the government to enforce the ban from 18:00 on Sunday.
President Joseph Kabila's mandate runs out the next day.
Campaigners have been tweeting using the hashtag [HASHTAG]#ByeByeKabila[/HASHTAG] to put pressure on him to step down on Monday.
Source: BBC Africa