By AFPMore by this AuthorKINSHASAThe runner-up in DR Congo's presidential elections said Friday he would appeal to the Constitutional Court for a recount as his bloc claimed he won the poll with 61 percent of the vote. "We will go to the Constitutional Court on Saturday... (to demand) a recount of the vote," Martin Fayulu told a rally of his supporters. Provisional results released on Thursday declared Felix Tshisekedi victor with 38.57 percent of the vote, just ahead of Fayulu with 34.8 percent. Fayulu's bloc on Friday said he was the true victor, claiming he had garnered 61 percent of the vote. MINERALSThe turbulence has darkened hopes that the country will have its first peaceful handover of power since it gained independence in 1960.

Source: Daily Nation January 11, 2019 14:15 UTC