Kabila sentenced to death: What it means for DRC and what’s next
President Felix Tshisekedi’s government accuses the former leader of allying with the M23 rebel group.

President Felix Tshisekedi’s government accuses the former leader of allying with the M23 rebel group.




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DRC 2018 presidential candidate Martin Fayulu urged supporters to embrace ‘peaceful resistance’ at a rally in Kinshasa.
DR Congo government officials shut off internet and SMS services nationwide to prevent election result ‘chaos’.
African Union agrees to urgently send ‘high-level delegation’ to Kinshasa to find way out of DRC’s political crisis.
Talks called by southern African bloc comes as the constitutional court begins hearing an appeal against vote results.
CIRGL, which includes Kenya and Uganda, calls for recount in order to guarantee transparency of poll results.

Felix Tshisekedi is announced the winner of the DRC’s presidential election amid concerns over the election’s validity.
If losing candidates concede defeat, it will be the DRC’s first peaceful transfer of power since independence.

The DRC opposition’s presidential candidate discusses the elections, corruption and his country’s future post-Kabila.
More than one million voters in three opposition strongholds were excluded because of concerns about security and Ebola.
Counting centres await more than 80 percent of local tallies as internet shutdown continues and broadcasts are curbed.