Congo-Kinshasa: Felix Tshisekedi 'Win' Challenged By Local Catholic Church

10 January 2019

Congo's Catholic church, France and Belgium have each cast doubt on the presidential election win awarded to Felix Tshisekedi. Rival opposition candidate Martin Fayulu claimed the official result was "fabricated."

Catholic leaders in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Thursday said Tshisekedi's surprise win -- declared pre-dawn by the mineral-rich nation's electoral commission -- did not match tallies compiled by 40,000 monitors deployed by the church for the 30 December election.

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