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| DR Congo Delays Results of December Election | |
VOA News - January 6, 2019 | |
 | DR Congo officials say they are delaying the announcement of the results of its presidential election until some time later this week. Corneille Nangaa, head of the country’s electoral commission (CENI), said, “It is not possible to publish the results on Sunday. We are making progress, but we do not have everything yet.” |
| Vita Club arrive in Morocco for Confederation Cup finals first leg against Raja Casablanca | |
Radio Okapi - November 19, 2018 | |
 | AS Vita Club arrived in Casablanca, Morocco, on Monday morning. The DR Congo giants will play in 6 days against Raja Casablanca at the Stade Mohammed V in the first leg of the finals of the CAF Confederation Cup. |
| 2019 Africa Cup of Nations: DR Congo to play for qualification against Liberia | |
Radio Okapi - November 19, 2018 | |
 | DR Congo's Leopards will seek to qualify for the finals of the 32nd edition of the African Nations Cup (Can-Cameroon 2019) on the sixth and last day of the qualification round on 22 March 2019 against Liberia in Kinshasa. |
| Bemba, Katumbi renew their support for joint opposition presidential candidate Fayulu | |
Radio Okapi - November 16, 2018 | |
 | Jean-Pierre Bemba, Moise Katumbi, Adolphe Muzito, Martin Fayulu, and a representative for Mbussa Nyamuisi called on the two dissenting opposition leaders to come to their senses. In a statement signed in Brussels, they said that the Lamuka political agreement was signed freely and unconditionally by the seven opposition leaders on November 11, 2018 in Geneva. |
| Vital Kamerhe also withdraws support for joint opposition presidential bid | |
Top Congo FM - November 12, 2018 | |
 | After Felix Tshisekedi, Vital Kamerhe has also announces he is withdrawing his signature from the Geneva agreement naming Martin Fayulu as the joint opposition candidate in the December 23 presidential election. |
| Felix Tshisekedi withdraws support for joint opposition presidential bid | |
Top Congo FM - November 12, 2018 | |
 | “I have come to realize that the action we took in Geneva was not understood by the base [of the party]. Therefore, on behalf of the UDPS, I am withdrawing my signature from the agreement that we signed in Geneva,” Mr. Tshisekedi told TOP CONGO FM. |
| Oppositioin leaders pick Martin Fayulu as joint presidential candidate | |
Radio Okapi - November 11, 2018 | |
 | Martin Fayulu, the president of the ECIDE political party, was nominated on Sunday by seven prominent Congolese political leaders as the common candidate of the opposition for the December 23 presidential election. |
| Jean-Pierre Bemba banned from running for president | |
Radio Okapi - August 25, 2018 | |
 | The candidacy of Jean-Pierre Bemba for the presidential election scheduled to be held on December 23 has been rejected by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), according to the list of accepted candidacies it published just after midnight on Saturday in Kinshasa. |
| Vital Kamerhe named UNC presidential candidate | |
Radio Okapi - August 4, 2018 | |
 | Vital Kamerhe has been named as the candidate of the Union for the Congolese Nation (UNC) for the December 23 presidential election. This was one of the resolutions taken during the second congress of the opposition party that ended Saturday, August 4 in Kinshasa. |
| Bemba says Katumbi should be allowed to run for president | |
Radio Okapi - August 4, 2018 | |
 | Reacting to the news that Moise Katumbi has been refused entry at the DR Congo and Zambia border crossing in Kasumbalesa, Jean-Pierre Bemba called on Friday on Congolese authorities to de-escalate the situation. The elections must be inclusive, and, at this stage, the unity and cohesion of the country must be strengthened, Jean-Pierre Bemba said during a press conference in Kinshasa. |
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