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AFP
Addis Ababa
Continental leaders will gather at the African Union this week to discuss the disputed election in the DR Congo, a spokeswoman for the body said Wednesday.
The DR Congo election commission last Thursday declared opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi the winner of the December 30 vote with 38.57 percent of the tally against chief rival Martin Fayulu’s 34.8 percent. Fayulu has appealed the result, saying it was an “electoral coup” forged in backroom dealings between Tshisekedi and outgoing President Joseph Kabila, who has been in power since 2001.
The Thursday meeting at AU headquarters in Ethiopia was called by Rwandan President Paul Kagame, chairman of the body until next month, spokeswoman Ebba Kalondo said. “The initiative is part of the African-led efforts to assist the DRC political stakeholders and people to successfully conclude the electoral process,” she said.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced his attendance on Twitter, though it remained unclear which other leaders would join him. The summit comes as allegations of fraud mount.
The influential Roman Catholic Church, which says it deployed 40,000 observers to monitor the elections, has said the official outcome does not reflect the true result, while holding back from saying who it thinks won.
Thousands of electoral documents, leaked to international media including the Financial Times and Radio France Internationale (RFI), backed Fayulu’s claim to be the true election winner.
Addis Ababa
Continental leaders will gather at the African Union this week to discuss the disputed election in the DR Congo, a spokeswoman for the body said Wednesday.
The DR Congo election commission last Thursday declared opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi the winner of the December 30 vote with 38.57 percent of the tally against chief rival Martin Fayulu’s 34.8 percent. Fayulu has appealed the result, saying it was an “electoral coup” forged in backroom dealings between Tshisekedi and outgoing President Joseph Kabila, who has been in power since 2001.
The Thursday meeting at AU headquarters in Ethiopia was called by Rwandan President Paul Kagame, chairman of the body until next month, spokeswoman Ebba Kalondo said. “The initiative is part of the African-led efforts to assist the DRC political stakeholders and people to successfully conclude the electoral process,” she said.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced his attendance on Twitter, though it remained unclear which other leaders would join him. The summit comes as allegations of fraud mount.
The influential Roman Catholic Church, which says it deployed 40,000 observers to monitor the elections, has said the official outcome does not reflect the true result, while holding back from saying who it thinks won.
Thousands of electoral documents, leaked to international media including the Financial Times and Radio France Internationale (RFI), backed Fayulu’s claim to be the true election winner.
