Donatien Nshole

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Felix Tshisekedi in Kinshasha with his wife, relatives and supporters a few minutes after he was declared winner of Congo’s presidential election on Friday. Photograph: Caroline Thirion/AFP/Getty Images
Clashes feared as Congo election result called into question
  • Africa
  • January 10, 2019, 08:18

The powerful Catholic church in the Democratic Republic of Congo has challenged the published result of last month’s historic election, setting the cl(...)

Congolese independent electoral commission officials count presidential ballots in Kinshasa. Photograph: Jerome Delay/AP Photo
Congo voting body accuses Catholic Church of fomenting ‘insurrection’
  • Africa
  • January 4, 2019, 19:30

Democratic Republic of Congo’s electoral commission accused the country’s Catholic Church on Friday of “preparing an insurrection” by saying it knows (...)