Opposition candidate Felix Tshisekedi wins Congo election

Electoral commission says Tshisekedi won 38.57% of vote

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Kinshasa: Opposition candidate Felix Tshisekedi has won the long-awaited presidential poll in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the electoral commission said Thursday.

“Having gained... 38.57 per cent of the vote, Felix Tshisekedi is provisionally declared the elected president of the Democratic Republic of Congo,” said Corneille Nangaa, the head of the Independent National Election Commission (CENI).

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