Former Congolese vice president and rebel leader Jean-Pierre Bemba returns to the DRC on Wednesday, after his International Criminal Court conviction was overturned in May.
Bemba has declared he wants to run for president, shaking up Congolese politics ahead of a long-delayed election and instilling hope in his supporters, even before he actually returns.
Al Jazeera's Catherine Soi reports from the capital Kinshasa.
