Joseph Kabila

• Congo presidential election: Tshisekedi’s surprise win raises questions of fraud

  Felix Tshisekedi was declared the surprise winner of Congo’s election, amid accusations that he cut a backroom deal with the outgoing president.

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  Jan 10, 2019
  
• U.S. sends military to Gabon to counter possible violence in Congo after election unrest

  U.S. President Donald Trump said the first of about 80 military personnel arrived in Gabon on Wednesday in case they are needed to protect U.S. citizens and diplomatic facilities in Congo's capital Kinshasa.

  World

  Jan 4, 2019
  
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• Congo shuts down the internet amid issue-plagued election count

  The Democratic Republic of Congo has shut down the internet while it counts election ballots, although 1 million voters are being left out of the result.

  World

  Dec 31, 2018
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• First Congo election since independence is mired in disorder

  Polling stations opened late, while nearly one million people were barred from voting due to an Ebola outbreak.

  World

  Dec 30, 2018
• Congo leader blames Ebola after excluding 1 million voters from election

  Congo’s leader says he’s excluding 1 million voters over a potential Ebola outbreak on election day, but critics say it's a tactic to sway the result.

  World

  Dec 28, 2018
• Congolese villagers forced to rely on snails to survive as humanitarian crisis deepens

  Some villagers in the Democratic Republic of Congo have turned to eating snails as the ongoing violence continues to fuel a growing humanitarian crisis in the country,

  World

  Mar 21, 2018