edgar lungu script by a newly imposed 50% threshold.that came into law after missing two candidates fought a tightly contested election 18 months ago after the death of the former president. edgar lungu's first mission will be to unite the country behind its first -- behind his win. laura: people in the public of congo are marking the days of wereing after at least 51 killed. thomas has more. today: there is anger with a population believes the government and the army are not doing enough to protect them. hundreds of civilians started fleeing from the outskirts of this city to move into the center of town where they reckon it was safer for them to live. the army maintains saturday's attack was a desperate attempt by the allied democratic forces to show the congolese government they still exist, but the truth is within the last few weeks, the congolese army had taken back a few positions, and among them, -- what is considered a radicalization stronghold by the army. me government spokesman told he is surprised that the congolese governme

in other news, incumbent zam bian president -- zambian president edgar lungu, came to power after the death of his predecessor in 2015 but his main rival disputes the result, alleging electoral fraud and describing the poll as a sham. he says he will challenge the outcome in court. our correspondent joins us now from the zambian capital. we heard reports of riots, clashes between opposition supporters and the police. could this be a taste of more to come? reporter: ye, this is a taste of more to come because the people in these areas, mainly southern province, are not happy with the outcome because they want a change and so they feel these have not been looked into. sarah: but zambia, it's not used to this kind of election instability. what exactly has this poll result proved as so controversial? kathy: this poll result controversial is because that -- it's because the politics in zambia have become so -- each party from the opposition or ruling party is trying to gain as many votes to rule and you know just become rich for personal gain or to serve people but mostly for personal gain

but both president edgar lungu and his closest rival, hakainde hichilema, say they are confident of outrightictory. zambia is one of africa's most stable democracies, but tension has been high in this campaign with occasional outbreaks of electoral violence. this comes against a background of slow growth and weak commodity prices. the current president's supporters see continuity as imimportant, while those blockig the op -- supporting the opposition leader say that change is needed. >> he is a good leader who suffered a lot. in the last five years, our children are not even going to school because of the bad economy. >> i am voting for president lungu because we need continuity. reporter: analysts say the result could be even closer than in 2015, when lungu won by a margin of just 1.6%. anchor: we have to take a break. still to come, democratic presidential hopeful hillary clinton has unveiled a plan to create over 10 million new jobs. she says americans' best days are still ahead. back in a minute. anchor: welcome back. a quick reminder of our top stories. germany's interior minister propo