DR Congo’s new President Felix Tshisekedi fell ill briefly as he was delivering his inauguration speech on Thursday following the country’s first peaceful handover of power.
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Opposition candidate wins DR Congo election — first time since independence
Felix Tshisekedi, leader of the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDSP), has been announced winner of the presidential election in Democratic Republic of Congo. In the provisional results released
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Hopes rise that DR Congo’s elections are in home stretch
Hopes rose on Wednesday that the Democratic Republic of Congo’s election saga may have turned a corner after opposition leaders reached out to President Joseph Kabila.
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DR Congo opposition candidate warns against ‘disguising truth’ of election
Opposition presidential candidate Martin Fayulu warned electoral authorities in Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday not to “disguise the truth of the polls”, as tensions mounted over delayed election results.
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In DR Congo, patience wears thin over results delay
Tense wait for election results in volatile DR Congo
A week after crucial elections to replace long-term president Joseph Kabila, the DR Congo was on tenterhooks Sunday with no date for the announcement of delayed results and just over half of ballots counted. On Saturday, just hours before the scheduled announcement of the provisional outcome, electoral officials said there would be a delay until […]
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DR Congo on edge as deadline for election result looms
DR Congo was on edge Saturday, just 24 hours ahead of a deadline for announcing preliminary results from last week’s crucial presidential election as world powers heaped pressure on Kinshasa to respect voters’ wishes. Despite the January 6 deadline, the election commission chief warned earlier this week that publication of the provisional results may well […]
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DR Congo curbs French radio, local TV channel in tension over vote count
DR Congo said on Wednesday it had pulled accreditation for a French radio journalist and cut broadcasts from the station, as well as a local television channel, amid tensions over the counting of votes in crucial elections.
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