The stalemate has put a brake on Tshisekedi’s declared ambitions of reforming a country marked by corruption and rights abuses.
Known as the ‘people’s soldier’, Fayulu is challenging the DRC’s December 30 election results
The regional bloc has urged ‘all political leaders to consider a negotiated political settlement for an all-inclusive government’ in the DRC
The international relations minister says the government is awaiting the final results
Martin Fayulu has appealed to the Constitutional Court to annul the provisional result which awarded victory to his opposition rival Felix Tshisekedi
The DRC is a complex, challenging political quagmire
France’s top diplomat says the Church’s count indicated Felix Tshisekedi’s opposition rival Martin Fayulu had actually won
The president-elect of the DRC says he will be the people’s president
Since his father founded the UDPS in 1982, the party has served as an opposition mainstay in the DRC
The country is in flux over a thrice-delayed presidential vote
Opposition presidential candidate Martin Fayulu earlier on Tuesday warned electoral authorities ‘not to disguise the truth of the polls’
Efforts to pull off democratic elections that could pass muster in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are hanging by a thread
The December 30 vote saw 21 candidates run to replace President Joseph Kabila, who has ruled the vast, conflict-ridden country for almost 18 years
The DRC has never had a peaceful transition of power since independence from Belgium in 1960, and bloodshed marred elections in 2006 and 2011
The DRC’s election commission ruled out Bemba running on the basis that he was "convicted by the International Criminal Court" for bribing witnesses
South Africa seems to have adopted an incredibly narrow understanding of how countries help each other.
Congolese nationals living in South Africa are furious at what they call politically-linked intimidation and violence by police during raids.
A rights group in the Democratic Republic of Congo has called for new elections following November’s controversial legislative and presidential polls.
The Supreme Court now takes centre stage as the arbiter of a poll that five opposition candidates have rejected in the DRC’s presidential election.
Politicians in the DRC have been urged to show restraint as opposition parties reject partial results that show President Joseph Kabila in the lead.
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/ 2 December 2011
A leading opposition challenger to DRC President Joseph Kabila called for the elections to be annulled, accusing authorities of systematic fraud.
Voter intimidation, electoral fraud and delays have been reported during the Democratic Republic of Congo’s second election, which began on Monday.
Violence erupted at four polling stations in the DRC as the country held its second elections since a war that killed more than five million people.
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/ 28 November 2011
Defence Minister Lindiwe Sisulu’s motorcade was threatened and stoned in the Democratic Republic of Congo at the weekend.
Despite weekend clashes that sparked fears of a delay, voting in the DRC has begun, with incumbent Joseph Kabila pitted against 10 challengers.
Organisations appealed for calm on the eve of DRC’s presidential election, after a run-up that has already been tainted by deadly street clashes.
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/ 27 November 2011
Two people have been killed in conflict days before the DRC’s presidential elections, which observers say could re-ignite conflict in the country.