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DRC govt slams Catholic Church’s call for election results
The Kinshasa government says the church has broken the law by making this assertion ahead of provisional results from the electoral commission.
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Jerry Matjila says world must wait for electoral body to announce DRC results
Francois Delattre says the fact that the world organisation’s powerhouse is meeting on the subject means it’s keeping a close watch on vote counting in the DRC.
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Warnings to DRC mount as election deadline looms
Expectations are mounting that electoral overseers will delay publication of provisional results due by Sunday.
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EU calls for DR Congo vote results to reflect people's will
Elections held last Sunday will determine who succeeds President Joseph Kabila, at the helm of sub-Saharan Africa's biggest country for nearly 18 years.
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UN: DR Congo violence drives 16,000 into Congo-Brazzaville
Violence in Yumbi, in the DRC province of Mai-Ndombe, prompted an exodus to the neighbouring Republic of Congo, also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the UN's refugee agency said.
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Suspected Ebola case in Sweden - officials
No other details about the patient or how he or she may have contracted Ebola were disclosed.
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UN Security Council to meet over DRC elections
It will be the first meeting of the UN powerhouse for South Africa in its third term as a rotating member of the 15-nation body.
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Roman Catholic Church urges electoral body to release results
DR Congo's powerful Roman Catholic Church on Thursday said it knows who has won a much-delayed presidential vote and urged the electoral commission to publish the 'truth'.
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DR Congo election panel may delay provisional results
Tensions have risen over the marathon counting process with opposition fears running high that the result will be rigged to favour President Joseph Kabila's preferred successor.
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Delay in releasing DRC provisional election results, says CENI
This comes after the Southern African Development Community election observation team issued its report saying the poll had been relatively well managed.
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Regional observers endorse Congo's election - with caveats
The SADC’s qualified endorsement countered allegations by opposition candidates that the 30 December vote was marred by widespread irregularities and criticism by a senior US lawmaker.
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DRC curbs French radio station RFI in tension over vote count
On Monday, the authorities cut off access to the internet, a move that opposition activists said sought to gag communications and stifle transparency.
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DRC cuts internet for second day ahead of election poll counts
Authorities say internet and SMS services won’t be restored until provisional results are published on 6 January.
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Congo cuts internet for second day to avert 'chaos' before poll results
Both the opposition and ruling coalition said on Monday they were on track to win after a turbulent election day on Sunday.
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Western powers urge DR Congo to restore Internet
Internet access was cut on Monday afternoon for an indefinite period on the orders of the government, according to internet operator Global.
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DRC opposition, ruling coalition both say they've won chaotic election
The competing claims followed a disorderly election day in which many Congolese were unable to vote due to an Ebola outbreak, conflict and logistical problems.
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Ebola, violence-weary DRC region proudly stages unofficial vote
Citing security and health fears, CENI blocked the cities of Beni and Butembo from taking part in Sunday’s presidential, legislative and provincial elections.
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Vote counting underway in DRC following elections
Long queues, broken-down electronic voting machines and torrential rain in the capital Kinshasa marked the Congolese presidential election.
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Delays, storms mar start to Congo's presidential vote
A Reuters witness in the eastern city of Goma saw residents casting their votes, but another polling station in the city was still closed 90 minutes after polls opened at 6am.
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Congo heads to the polls for tense, long-delayed presidential vote
President Joseph Kabila is due to step down after the vote in a milestone for a country plagued by authoritarian rule, coups and civil wars since independence from Belgium in 1960.
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DRC opposition leader Fayulu takes clear lead for Sunday election
Sunday’s election is meant to bring about the first democratic transition of power in the vast, mineral-rich Central African country.
