DRC Court Orders Review of Election Schedule

Democratic Republic of Congo's highest court on Tuesday told election authorities to take a fresh look at the country's voting timetable, raising the prospect of a delay that would enable President Joseph Kabila to stay in office beyond 2016. The court ordered the national election commission to re-evaluate its calendar, saying that budgetary and political constraints had made it untenable. Critics say Kabila intends to hold on beyond the election set for November 2016, when he...

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