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Kinshasa holds its breath for DRC election results
Riot police aboard a jeep in Limete, Kinshasa
Hours away from the announcement of the delayed preliminary presidential election results, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital remains tense. On Thursday there were isolated clashes between riot police and UDPS party supporters in the Limete area of Kinshasa. Many shops and business are shut and most people are staying indoors.
Report: Clashes in Limete, Kinshasa
Kabila in pole position ahead of preliminary results
The DRC’s electoral commission (Ceni) in Kinshasa
Incumbent president Joseph Kabila leads his main challenger Etienne Tshisekedi by 10 per cent in partial results announced late on Monday. Ahead of Tuesday’s official preliminary results there have been diplomatic efforts to avoid any possible violence. Some residents of Kinshasa have been leaving the city for the safety of Brazzaville.
Report – People leaving Kinshasa
Kabila leads DRC elections with half polling stations counted
Packets of ballot papers lying on the floor at the Fikin International compilation centre in Kinshasa
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s incumbent president Joseph Kabila is leading the presidential election, according to partial results announced on Sunday. The country’s electoral commission said Kabila leads his main rival Etienne Tshisekedi by over 1.5 million ballots.
Etienne Tshisekedi
Vital Kamerhe
Q&A Lambert Mende, DRC Communications Minister
Kabila leads in partial results from DRC polls
Ballot boxes at the Fikin International compilation centre in Kinshasa
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s incumbent president Joseph Kabila is leading the presidential election, according to partial results announced by the country’s electoral commission on Friday. The figures represent 15 per cent of the country’s polling stations and include almost no results from Kinshasa.
Report from Kinshasa
Electoral commission chief Daniel Ngoy Mulunda
Praise and criticism for DRC elections in observer reports
Electoral commission workers sitting atop a truck entering the Fikin counting centre, Kinshasa, 30 November
The results of international and national observation missions to the Democratic Republic of Congo’s 2011 elections were presented in Kinshasa on Thursday. The European Union said the process was “inadequately controlled” while Congolese observers said they had seen irregularities at 15 per cent of polling stations.
Q&A: Andres Perello Rodriquez, EU observer mission
Leonie Kandolo, CAFCO observer mission
Rupiah Banda, former Zambian president, Carter Center
Satan, exorcism and magic T-shirts – our favourite rumours from DRC presidential poll
"I've voted, check out my indelible ink" - Voter at Institut De La Gombe in Kinshasa
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital Kinshasa is a rumour mill. No more so that during the country’s 2011 presidential elections. The Congolese are sometimes superstitious, at times moralistic and always feverish in their chatter about the latest rumour. This has only been amplified by the country’s polls. Here’s a collection of RFI’s favourite election rumours.
UDPS party says five provinces secured in DRC elections
A burnt out jeep on Avenue Munene outside the Ecole Dyavanga polling station, Kinshasa, 29 November
As votes are tallied and counted in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s presidential elections the main opposition UDPS party told RFI on Tuesday that despite fraud they are confident of securing victory. Etienne Tshisekedi’s party says they have secured enough for a majority and do not want to see the vote annulled.
Q&A: Ferdinand Nkashama, Secretary of the Election Surveillance Commission, UDPS
Q&A: Justin, Militant, UDPS
Voting chaos and pockets of violence mar DRC elections
Voters searching for their names on the voter list in Matete, Kinshasa
Missing ballot papers and problems with voter lists kicked off the Democratic Republic of Congo’s presidential elections on Monday, with scattered pockets of violence throughout the country. RFI visited polling stations in Kinshasa, where frustrations ran high.
Q&A: Dominique Struye, Belgium’s Ambassador to DRC
Q&A: John Stremlau, Election Observer, Carter Center
Calm before the storm? DRC goes to the polls
Voters in the Democratic Republic of Congo go to the polls on Monday in the country’s second election since civil war. Kinshasa had returned to calm on Sunday after a standoff at the capital’s international airport and violence that left up to eight people dead. The DRC’s electoral commission chief has once again said everything will be ready in time.
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