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Felix Tshisekedi, leader of the Congolese main opposition party, the Union for Democracy and Social Progress, casts his ballot at a polling station in Kinshasa. Photograph: Olivia Acland/Reuters

Crackdowns and disruptions hit DRC’s presidential poll

Africa
December 30, 2018, 18:02

The Democratic Republic of Congo voted on Sunday for a successor to long-serving President Joseph Kabila after a tense campaign the opposition said wa(...)

Independent National Election Commission (CENI) workers load a truck with voting materials to be distributed to polling stations in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo. Photograph: Fredrik Lerneryd/AFP/Getty Images

DRC presidential elections dogged by delays and blunders

Africa
December 28, 2018, 16:56

Polling stations in the Democratic Republic of Congo are ill-prepared for Sunday’s presidential vote, diplomats and an observer mission said, as polli(...)

Protesters set up a barricade in the eastern Congolese town of Beni on Thursday after the area was excluded from voting in Sunday’s presidential election. Photograph: Al-hadji Kudra Maliro/AP

Congolese soldiers fire into air to disperse election protesters

Africa
December 27, 2018, 16:21

Security forces in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo fired live rounds and tear gas on Thursday to scatter demonstrators who burned tyres and attac(...)

Supporters of Felix Tshisekedi, leader of Congolese main opposition party the UDPS attend an election event in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. Photograph: Reuters/Baz Ratner

Congo’s opposition leaders decry election delay

Africa
December 21, 2018, 18:13

The leaders of the biggest opposition party in the Democratic Republic of Congo condemned the electoral commission’s decision to postpone long-awaited(...)