Felix Tshisekedi is declared by the Constitutional Court as an ultimate winner of the December presidential elections in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) dismissing a claim from supported by the Catholic Church candidate Martin Fayulu who rejected the result of the vote, and announced himself a president elect. DR #Congo Constit Council reading its decision…
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Congo rejects African Union demands
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) rejected the demand of African Union (AU) to postpone the announcement of the final election result, in spite of the warning of the possible unrest, caused by released by the Catholic bishops information, proclaiming the former Exxon Mobile manager Martin Fayulu (62) as the absolute winner. Following the contestant complains, the Constitutional…
Zimbabwe internet paralysis
Zimbabwe suffered an internet paralysis on January 18 as a result of the authorities extended communications ban to exchange emails after days of deadly protests over fuel price increases. Deeply concerned by reports of violence, fatalities, internet shutdown and security crack-down this week in #Zimbabwe . I summoned Ambassador to @foreignoffice to discuss concerns in person….
Protesters block roads in Harare
Zimbabwe protesters blocked the roads and burned tires in a suburb of Harare , two days after President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced a considerable fuel price hike in an effort to stem a deepening economic crisis. 150 percent price rise fails to fill Zimbabwe's fuel pumps https://t.co/rJC5nkklsH pic.twitter.com/12trGDDoTY — Reuters (@Reuters) January 13, 2019 Cash shortages have…
Wounded and dead in Bambari CAR
Militants killed two police officers in the Central African Republic town of Bambari ahead of a scheduled visit by the country’s President, the government said. The attack came a day after President Faustin-Archange Touadera announced a date for African Union-brokered peace talks with armed groups who control most of the CAR. MSF can now confirm…
Russian journalists victims of CAR armed robbery
The investigation has restored a sequence of events concerning the fatal trip of three Russian journalists – Orkhan Dzhemal, Kirill Radchenko and Alexander Rastroguyev – to the Central African Republic (CAR), where they were murdered in July 2018, Russian Investigative Committee Spokesperson Svetlana Petrenko told TASS. Investigative Committee: Russian journalists were killed in armed robbery…
Fayulu denounces Congo “electoral coup”
The runner-up in the Democratic Republic of Congo‘s long-awaited presidential poll Martin Fayulu (62) denounced the results as an “electoral coup“. #DRC: CENI declared #FelixTshisekedi the winner of the #DRCElections. Results are to be validated by the constitutional court. Martin #Fayulu has called on CENCO and ECC to release their results, describing the result as an…
Tshisekedi declared Congo elections winner
Democratic Republic of Congo’s electoral commission declared opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi the winner of last month’s presidential election, but the runner-up contested the outcome as an “electoral coup”. Opposition candidate Felix Tshisekedi has won the long-awaited presidential poll in the Democratic Republic of Congo – paving the way for the country's first handover of power…
Americans requested to leave Congo for safety reasons
The US Embassy in the Democratic Republic of Congo is warning the American citizens to leave the country, while Congolese officials prepare to announce election results. The US government is advising citizens to leave #DRC. Bit late?Security Alert – U.S. Embassy Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (January 9, 2019) | U.S. Embassy in the…
Tshisekedi aims at peaceful power transfer
Envoys of a leading Congolese presidential candidate, Felix Tshisekedi, have met with incumbent President Joseph Kabila’s staff to ensure a peaceful transfer of power, Tshisekedi’s aids said. Supporters of Felix Tshisekedi, UDPS opposition candidate, wait for election results in #Kinshasa #DRCVideo credit @cyrus_nhara pic.twitter.com/rWgfff7Kh8 — harumutasa/aljazeera (@harumutasa) January 8, 2019 President Kabila’s staff, however, denied…
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