DR Congo Poll Results Delayed As U.S. Deploys Troops to Gabon
The first vote tallies from the December 30 presidential election will be delayed past Sunday's deadline, the head of the election commission has said.
Vehicles in a warehouse of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Kinshasa were destroyed by a fire on December 13, 2018.
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Congo-Kinshasa: U.S. Deploys Troops to Gabon Over Possible DR Congo Violence
Deutsche Welle, 5 January 2019
Concerns are mounting that violence will erupt in DR Congo over last Sunday's contested election. The vote was marred by delays, irregularities and voting problems. Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Catholic Church's Meddling in Politics is Reckless and Dangerous
Deutsche Welle, 6 January 2019
Results for last week's DR Congo presidential election are delayed -- another setback for the country's democracy. But pressure from the Catholic Church could incite violence and… Read more »
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Southern Africa: Congolese Have Done Their Part. Now's SADC and the AU's Moment of Truth.
African Arguments, 3 January 2019
As the DRC counts votes from the presidential election, the regional and continental body will be crucial in determining the poll's legitimacy. Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Voter Suppression, Violence
HRW, 5 January 2019
Widespread irregularities, voter suppression, and violence significantly marred elections on December 30, 2018 in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Election officials should ensure… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: US Threatens Sanctions if 'Voices, Votes Not Respected'
State Department, 4 January 2019
The United States stands by the millions of Congolese voters who went to the polls across the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on December 30 to participate in presidential,… Read more »
InFocus
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Millions of voters cast ballots in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in a widely anticipated election that could mark the African giant's first democratic transfer of power or tip ... Read more »
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The elections, which have already been delayed by two years, will go ahead on Sunday except in three cities that the electoral commission says are too hard-hit by Ebola and ... Read more »
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Elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo, already postponed several times since 2016, have been postponed by another week. In a guest column for AllAfrica, written before the ... Read more »
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The head of the Independent National Election Commission Corneille Nangaa has said that the fire broke out around 2am in a building where election materials were being kept. Read more »
