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Eugene

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Sat Jan 19, 2019, 08:59 PM Jan 2019

DR Congo court upholds Tshisekedi presidential election win

Source: BBC

DR Congo court upholds Tshisekedi presidential election win

20 January 2019

The constitutional court in the Democratic Republic of Congo has upheld the victory of opposition presidential candidate Felix Tshisekedi.

The court rejected an appeal by Martin Fayulu, another opposition contender in the 30 December poll. It said he had failed to prove that the election commission had announced false results.

Mr Fayulu argued that Mr Tshisekedi had made a power-sharing deal with outgoing President Joseph Kabila.

Mr Tshisekedi's team denies this.

The African Union (AU) said on Friday that there were "serious doubts" about the outcome of elections.


https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-46935898
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