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DRC delays Sunday's election for months in Ebola zoneThe Democratic Republic of Congo's election has been delayed for more than two years. Opposition parties have said they will not accept further delays of the vote to choose a successor to longtime President Joseph Kabila.
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Tense DRC counts vote in presidential poll amid internet shutdownCongolese civil right activist says government trampled on the civil rights of all Congolese by cutting access to social media following the presidential election
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Avoid 'electoral violence' in landmark DRC elections – UNMillions of voters in Democratic Republic of Congo will head to polls on Sunday that could pave way to first democratic change in presidency since the country's independence in 1960.
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DRC candidates snub peace pact on eve of voteOpposition frontrunners Fayulu and Tshisekedi in DR Congo's presidential election refused to sign a peace pact aimed at averting post-election violence
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DRC election panel may delay provisional resultsProvisional results for the presidential vote are due to be published by January 6, but the DRC's election commission may have to postpone the results, according to the panel's chairman.
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DRC election commission says opposition's Tshisekedi won presidential voteDespite the election commission's declaration that Felix Tshisekedi won, vote tallies compiled by the Democratic Republic of Congo's Catholic Church contradict the official results, indicating another opposition leader, Martin Fayulu, won most votes.
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Election irregularities in the DRC seen as a ruse to maintain status quoThe delay of the final vote count is increasingly being seen by Congolese as a way for Joseph Kabila to ensure influence over the country, and it could trigger strong resistance by a population that is seeking change.
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December clashes in west DRC killed some 900 – UNFighting between Banunu and Batende communities in Mai-Ndombe province in Democratic Republic of the Congo caused killings, UN says. Meanwhile, the African Union is set to discuss the violence and allegations of election fraud, in Ethiopia meeting.
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African Union urges DRC to delay final election resultsAfrican Union members agree to 'urgently dispatch' a high-level delegation to DRC to find 'a way out of the post-electoral crisis' in a country hoping for its first peaceful, democratic transfer of power since independence in 1960.
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Pro-Kabila camp wins DRC legislative poll, recount sought for presidencyIn the country's National Assembly polls, candidates backing outgoing DRC president Joseph Kabila had secured 288 of the 429 seats so far declared, with 141 going to the opposition.
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