Tagged: DRC

Conrad Omodiagbe

DRC: Opposition calls for Elections Three Years Early

A year after electorates headed to the polls in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), opposition leader and former presidential candidate, Martin Fayulu, has called for early elections to be held. This is despite the election cycle of 4 years which determines that the next elections in the DRC be in 2023. Fayulu, who contested […]
Farida Adamu

What We Know about the DRC’s Cabinet Split

In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Former Justice Minister Alexis Thambwe Mwamba has won the election for the country’s Senate Presidency. Rumoured to be the favourite candidate of former President Kabila, he won the parliament’s highest seat through a secret ballot with a score of 65 votes to 43 against his opponent, Modeste Bahati […]
Conrad Omodiagbe

US Slams DRC Officials with Visa Ban over Alleged Election Misconduct

The United States of America, in line with its threat to punish individuals and political agents who undermined electoral processes in selected African countries, has announced its decision to deny visas to certain officials who have been accused of interfering with the December 30 election in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Making this announcement […]
Conrad Omodiagbe

DRC Runner-up, Martin Fayulu, Calls for Presidential Election Rematch

Nineteen days after Felix Tshisekedi’s inauguration as the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), election runner-up, Martin Fayulu, has proposed a rematch, asking for the polls to be held again in six months. In a letter addressed to the African Union (AU) Summit in Addis Ababa, the former presidential candidate reiterated his previous […]
Conrad Omodiagbe

DRC: Voting Data Supports Fayulu’s Case for Election Fraud

Results from a recent analysis carried out by the Financial Times, using two separate groups of voter data, have revealed that Congo’s opposition leader and presidential candidate, Martin Fayulu, was the clear winner of the controversial December polls, following the detection of election fraud. Contradicting the result put forward by the country’s official electoral commission, […]
Conrad Omodiagbe

SADC Calls for Recount of votes in the DRC

The Southern African Development Community (SADC), a regional organisation for southern African states, has called for a recount of votes in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This comes after the DRC’s electoral body announced the provisional results of the December election, declaring Felix Tshisekedi the winner. In a statement released on Sunday, SADC announced that […]
Conrad Omodiagbe

Provisional results for the DRC presidential elections are out

After what can only be described as a hotly contested presidential race, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Electoral Commission (CENI) has declared opposition leader, Felix Tshisekedi, the provisional winner of the elections. Following several delays before and after the elections, son of veteran opposition leader, Etienne Tshisekedi, is set to replace Kabila in what will […]