By AFPMore by this AuthorKINSHASA,Provisional results of the much-delayed Democratic Republic of Congo's presidential election could be counted in "24 to 48 hours," a top electoral official said on Tuesday. "It is a huge task that we can't finish in just a few hours," CENI President Corneille Nangaa told AFP, as the commission held a plenary session of final deliberations. "The CENI plans to devote 24 to 48 hours to this task, after which time the CENI will schedule the announcement of the provisional results." Of the three main contenders for president, Kabila has backed Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary as his preferred successor. CENI must "publish the provisional results of the presidential election in the near future," he said.

Source: Daily Nation January 09, 2019 00:22 UTC