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Outgoing President Felix Tshisekedi votes in Kinshasa, as he vies for a second term in the face of a fragmented opposition of 18 candidates. During his campaign, he asked voters five more years to "consolidate the gains". IMAGES
Supporters of DR Congo president Felix Tshisekedi celebrate his re-election in front of his party's headquarters in Kinshasa after provisional results declared by the country's electoral commission showed that Tshisekedi had won 73 percent of the vote. Tshisekedi, 60, first came to power in January 2019 after a disputed election that many observers said he had in fact lost, and the opposition have dismissed the latest vote in the central African country as a "sham". IMAGES
Felix Tshisekedi greets supporters from the balcony of his party's headquarters in Kinshasa just after the announcement of his re-election as President of the DR Congo in a vote opposition leaders have dismissed as a "sham". Tshisekedi, 60, has been in power since January 2019 and was running for a second five-year term. IMAGES
Incumbent DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi arrives at his party's headquarters in the capital Kinshasa ahead of his expected announcement as the winner of elections that opposition leaders have dismissed as a "sham". Tshisekedi, 60, has been in power since January 2019 and is running for a second five-year term. By Saturday evening, with 17.8 million votes counted, he was leading with 72 percent. IMAGES
Pope Francis is greeted by President Tshisekedi at the Palais de la Nation in Kinshasa. IMAGES