Kinshasa, Dec 31 (EFE). – The president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Felix Tshisekedi, won last week’s chaotic and controversial elections by a wide margin, beating the other candidates with 73.34% of the vote, electoral authorities confirmed Sunday. “Candidate number 20, Felix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, is provisionally elected,” said Denis Kadima, president of the …
Kinshasa, Dec 28 (EFE). – The influential Congolese National Episcopal Conference (CENCO), which supervised the Dec. 20 elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), denounced on Thursday several irregularities. Donatien Nshole, the head of the country’s Catholic bishops’ conference, noted that there were “numerous cases of irregularities that could affect the integrity of the …
Congo headed to the polls Wednesday to vote for president as authorities scrambled to finalize preparations in an election facing steep logistical and security challenges, with voting starting nearly 2 1/2 hours late in the capital. Some 44 million people almost half the population were expected to vote, but many, including several million…
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Congo is heading to the polls to vote for president as authorities scramble to finalize preparations in an election facing steep logistical and security challenges