DRC Spokesman: Presidential Poll Could be Delayed

A Democratic Republic of Congo official says the presidential poll scheduled for 2016 could be delayed a year. Government spokesman Lambert Mende told Radio France International on Friday that the election "could take place in 2016 or it could take place in 2017." Opposition parties have accused President Joseph Kabila of trying to extend his term through a proposed law that would require completion of a national census before elections are held. The bill won preliminary...

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