Felix Tshisekedi, President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has won a landslide victory, according to provisional results announced by the country’s election commission, which has secured him a second term in a vote opposition has dismissed as a “sham”. “I have been re-elected president of all Congolese,” Tshisekedi told cheering supporters. Nine opposition candidates — Mukwege, Fayulu and Katumbi — have signed a declaration rejecting what they termed a “sham” election and called for a re-run. Fayulu told reporters in Kinshasa the results “are a masquerade. Voting was officially extended by a day to account for problems, and continued for days afterwards in remote areas, according to observers.

Source: The North Africa Journal January 04, 2024 13:05 UTC