The president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Laurent Kabila, has met the country's main opposition leader, Etienne Tshisekedi, for the first time since taking power last year.

Mr Tshisekedi -- a former prime minister and leader of the opposition UDPS party -- met President Kabila on Saturday in the south-eastern town of Lumumbashi.

He has been based in the town since February when he was ordered to leave the capital, Kinshasa, for violating a law banning all political activity in the country for two years.