The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Supreme Court has begun hearing a lawsuit seeking to annul the presidential election that returned incumbent Joseph Kabila to power. Opposition candidate Vital Kamerhe, who finished third in the vote, filed the lawsuit, in which he claims the poll was rigged in favor of Kabila. Kamerhe, who was present [...]
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December 16, 2011
December 11, 2011
Observers Question Integrity of DRC Vote
Electoral observers from the U.S.-based Carter Center say presidential results in the Democratic Republic of Congo were “mismanaged,” compromising the integrity of a vote that gave President Joseph Kabila another five years in power. The leading opposition candidate is rejecting the poll. Results announced by Congo’s electoral commission show the long-time opposition candidate Etienne Tshisekedi [...]
December 11, 2011
Congo Government Says Opposition Creates Climate of Fear
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, President Joseph Kabila’s government says the main opposition candidate is creating a climate of fear by refusing to accept the president’s re-election. Congolese Information Minister Lambert Mende says opposition candidate Etienne Tshisekedi is acting irresponsibly by refusing to accept results that show he lost last month’s vote to President [...]
December 9, 2011
Kabila Named Winner of DRC Election; Tshisekedi Rejects Results
Electoral officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo say President Joseph Kabila has won re-election in a vote marred by violence and delays. Our correspondent reports from Kinshasa that the president’s leading opponent is rejecting those results and says he is the country’s new president. Supporters of President Kabila cheered his re-election outside the headquarters [...]
December 4, 2011
DRC Election Commission Expects Presidential Results This Week
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, there are increasing concerns about violence in the lead-up to the release of the results of last week’s presidential election. The country’s election commission says it will announce the winner of the poll Tuesday. Preliminary results showed the incumbent, Joseph Kabila, gaining more than 50 percent of the vote. [...]
December 4, 2011
DRC Presidential Vote Disputed
The main opposition party in the Democratic Republic of Congo says it rejects early election results that give incumbent President Joseph Kabila some 50 percent of the vote. Opposition candidate Etienne Tshisekedi is estimated to have about 34 percent of the vote so far. In a show of unity, the 10 opposition parties on Saturday [...]
November 26, 2011
Electoral Officials Say DRC Ready for Elections
Electoral officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo say they are ready for Monday’s presidential and legislative voting in a country the size of Western Europe with more than 63,000 polling stations. The Independent National Electoral Commission says all voting materials have been distributed to regional headquarters and will be delivered to individual polling places [...]