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Another African bloc wants Congo election recount
Monitoring groups noted widespread irregularities including faulty voting machines and poorly run polling stations during the 30 December vote.
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Kabila supporters win majority in DRC vote: AFP tally
Pro-Kabila parties had passed the 250-seat threshold required to secure a majority in the 500-seat assembly.
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DR Congo divided over opposition chief's election
Thursday's announcement that an opposition candidate had won the December race to replace President Joseph Kabila was a historic first for the country.
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World reaction cautious to disputed DR Congo vote result
Provisional results from the Democratic Republic of Congo's much-troubled election granted victory to opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi.
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Kabila accepts loss of party’s candidate in DRC elections, says advisor
The electoral commission declared opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi the surprise winner of last month’s presidential poll.
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Chronology of events in DRC since independence
The chronology of events in the Democratic Republic of Congo since independence from Belgium half a century ago.
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Opposition's Tshisekedi wins historic DRC presidential poll
The election's supervisors had faced mounting pressure at home and abroad to publish the results after repeated delays stoked fears for the giant country's stability.
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SA requests UNSC to postpone scheduled DR Congo meeting until Friday
The western member of the 15-nation UN powerhouse and human rights watchdog groups are urging South Africa to intervene with the Kinshasa government.
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HRW urges SA govt to pressure DRC to release election results
The report by Human Rights Watch of irregularities and suppression of voting rights at the DRC election is at odds with regional grouping SADC’s finding that the poll had been relatively well managed.
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Tense wait for election results in volatile DR Congo
On Saturday, just hours before Sunday's scheduled announcement of the provisional outcome, the electoral commission announced a delay until next week, without giving a specific date.
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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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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 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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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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DR Congo candidates meet on eve of vote amid unrest fears
Voters are due to cast their ballots on Sunday to decide who will replace incumbent President Joseph Kabila, stepping aside after nearly 18 years at the helm.
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Key presidential candidates in DRC
Key presidential election candidates in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Pre-election strike call fizzles in DRC
Lamuka, a coalition of parties supporting opposition candidate Martin Fayulu, called for cities to be brought to a standstill in protest at a fresh organisational blow to the vote.
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DRC's electoral laws being applied accordingly, says Kabila
Angry voters have embarked on a general strike and taken to the streets of the eastern capital Goma, saying the postponement of the poll in certain cities is an attempt to rig the election.
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Strike call, protests in DR Congo after new election delay
Delayed several times, the election will be the Democratic Republic of Congo's first presidential ballot in seven years.
