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DR Congo's Constitutional Court on Tuesday confirmed President Felix Tshisekedi's landslide victory in a December election for a second term in the poor but mineral-rich massive central African country.

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Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi won reelection with more than 70% of the vote, the country's election commission said Sunday. The preliminary results of the Dec. 20 election were announced in the capital, Kinshasa, amid demands from the opposition and some civil society groups for the vote to be rerun due…

DR Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi has won a second term in office after elections described as chaotic, and is now set to cement his authority in the impoverished central African nation.

Felix Tshisekedi wins a landslide victory to secure a second term in election the opposition has labelled a ‘farce’.

DR Congo's incumbent president Felix Tshisekedi is expected to be announced on Sunday as the winner in recent elections that opposition leaders have already dismissed as a "sham".

In Nigeria, nearly 200 villagers were killed last weekend in a series of attacks across Plateau state. In DR Congo, several people were wounded in an opposition protest banned by the government, and five candidates are now calling for a re-run of last week's national elections. And what happened this…

Initial results from a presidential poll in DR Congo were expected Friday after shambolic elections spread over several days which the authorities deemed successful.

Voters in DR Congo are due to go to the polls again on Thursday, in a general election marked by severe logistical troubles that meant some polling stations never opened.

Voting will continue on Thursday in polling stations that were unable to open on polling day, electoral commission says.