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Thousands of opposition supporters rally in Kinshasa, DR Congo, seeking the withdrawal of electronic voting machines in a long-delayed election due at the end of December, saying they would be misused to rig the results.
DR Congo's Constitutional Court begins hearing an appeal against presidential election results that gave victory to opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi. Fayulu, likewise from the opposition, was declared runner-up in the December 30 poll to choose a successor to President Joseph Kabila, in power for the last 18 years. IMAGES of the Kinshasa Constitutional court as the hearing begins
As the US nears its historically longest Government shutdown, this Friday 800 thousand federal workers miss out on their first pay day. This week, the US president also gave his first nationally-televised speech from the Oval Office and then traveled to the Mexican border to plead his case for a border wall. We also look at the locally-contested DRC election result and populist support from abroad for the Yellow Vest movement.
In Goma’s polling centres, results give DR Congo opposition candidate, Martin Fayulu, a large lead in the presidential election with more than 60% of the votes with a turnout around 50%. After a relatively bloodless vote, election officials embarked on the marathon task of counting and collating, their work scrutinised by opposition parties for any sign of fraud.
Voters in the Democratic Republic of Congo go to the polls on Sunday in elections that will shape the future of their vast and troubled country amid fears that continuing unrest could overshadow the ballot. Scores of polling centres had not yet opened even hours after Congo's presidential election officially began, the electoral commission chief confirmed Sunday, as voters shouted "We wanted to vote!" and frustrated people walked away.Millions of Congolese electors are choosing a successor to President Joseph Kabila, who is stepping down two years after his term limit expired – a delay that sparked bloody clashes and revived traumatic memories of past turmoil.The vote gives DR Congo the chance of seeing its first peaceful transfer of power since it gained independence from Belgium in 1960.FRANCE 24's Thomas Nicolon and Emerald Maxwell report.
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