Martin Fayulu Challenges Presidential Election Results in Court | |
Radio Okapi - January 12, 2019 | |
Martin Faylu filed an appeal to the Constitutional Court on Friday, contesting the provisional results of the presidential election published two days earlier by the Independent National Electoral Commission. | |
Felix Tshisekedi Vows to Be the President of All Congolese | |
Radio Okapi - January 10, 2019 | |
“I will not be the president of a political party, the UDPS, or a tribe, the Luba tribe. I will be the president of all Congolese,” Felix Tshisekedi, the President-elect of the Democratic Republic of Congo, said shortly after the announcement by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of the provisional results of the December 30 polls. | |
Felix Tshisekedi Elected DR Congo President | |
Radio Okapi - January 10, 2019 | |
Felix Tshisekedi has been elected president of the Democratic Republic of Congo. He won 38.57% of the vote of December 30th poll, according to the provisional results published by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday. | |
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. | |
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. | |
Jean-Pierre Bemba Returns to DR Congo | |
Radio Okapi - August 1, 2018 | |
Senator Jean-Pierre Bemba returned to DR Congo on Wednesday, August 1. He arrived at the N’djili airport shortly after 9:30am. “I’m happy to be back in my country,” Senator Bemba told reporters. Surrounded by the police, his convoy left the airport around 11am, with cheering fans singing songs in his honor. |