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Kinshasa, Congo-- Congo opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi has been declared the winner of the long-delayed presidential election, the electoral commission announced early Thursday to the surprise ...
The United States played a crucial role after Congo’s last election, in December 2018, when it blessed the controversial power-sharing deal between Mr. Tshisekedi and Mr. Kabila.
LONDON -- African leaders have congratulated opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi for winning the Democratic Republic of the Congo's presidential election last month, after the country's top court ...
Congo opposition leader Martin Fayulu said Friday he will challenge the country's election results in court as he accused presidential winner Felix Tshisekedi of taking a "dangerous shortcut to ...
Two leaders have been killed. And yet, 19 candidates are in the race to become Congo’s next president in elections, the fourth in Congo’s history, ...
The African Union is calling on the Democratic Republic of the Congo to hold off declaring final results of the disputed presidential election. African leaders have "serious doubts" about the results.
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo's leader is blaming a deadly Ebola virus outbreak for the last-minute decision to bar an estimated 1 million voters from Sunday's long-delayed presidential election ...
Polling station observers say it appeared that a different candidate actually won, but either way, the long and turbulent rule of President Joseph Kabila is coming to an end. KINSHASA, Congo ...
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo's president said Wednesday he would appoint a prime minister within 48 hours as a political impasse looms, and he promised that long-delayed presidential elections ...
Congo's top archbishop on Saturday urged peace on the eve of the country's long-delayed presidential election , saying differences of opinion are no reason to "light the country on fire." ...