"So long as the vote count is continuing, we call on all the parties involved ... to show restraint," they wrote. Massive delays and bureaucratic chaos marred the vote on Wednesday, with election authorities struggling to transport voting materials to polling stations on time. Election observers from the U.S.-based Carter Center noted "serious irregularities" at 21 out of 109 polling stations it visited. On Saturday, a team of Congolese civil society observers called Regard Citoyen reported that in 21% of the polling stations it observed, would-be voters were turned away illegally. But in 13% of polling stations, people either without voting cards or not listed on the voter rolls were allowed to cast ballots, it said.

Source: Daily Nation December 24, 2023 09:30 UTC