Assessing the recent elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo - Part 2

On February 1, Michael O’Hanlon—senior fellow and director of the Africa Security Initiative at Brookings—led a panel discussion with experts on the results of the DRC’s recent elections—and the country’s uncertain future ahead.

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According to data obtained by TV5 Monde, Radio France International and Financial Times Martin
Fayulu won 59.4 per cent of the vote. Felix Tshisekedi, who was declared winner, only won 19 per cent of the vote.

Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning. Winston Churchill