
DRC Election Results Cause Outcry
Election officials say opposition candidate Felix Tshisekedi has won the DRC’s presidential election – but the runner-up Martin Fayulu calls it an “electoral coup”.
Election officials say opposition candidate Felix Tshisekedi has won the DRC’s presidential election – but the runner-up Martin Fayulu calls it an “electoral coup”. The country’s Catholic Church says the result does not match the data collected by its election monitors. We’ll hear from Kinshasa.
Also in the programme: we hear from the new chair of the US House Intelligence Committee on why he’ll be investigating President Trump’s business dealings; and why Tintin’s popularity endures, 90 years after he made his comic book debut.
(Picture: supporters of Felix Tshisekedi celebrate in Kinshasa. Credit: AFP)
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