joseph kabila joseph kabila who had reachched a term limits and so he had a kind of a successor lined up emmanuel at run is on the should arere a a lot of peoe felt that he had in the hope of winning if the results were free and fair. and the group would be the main at leader of a coalition of opposition parties enoughh time for you anand then tshisekedi comes out of nowhere really. so at a lot of analysts and joururnalists lookingng a at thought in the regegion aret rossss.. isis f. for reuters w west d centntral africica heath correspondent basased in the car he's sharing t this articlcle here a reutersrs ararticle quoting. and it's it's quoting an official from the you joiningg the army our ministry appointments he will do as he's told gonee o set in other words he's going to be at the beck and call of kabila it's with could be the only on to power. at that's what's that that this particular you an official. who was anonymously quoted by reuters said and i'll be on stage was another journalist based is specialized in the drc? at he's took he'ss using t e french term herere i'll cha

know how many of you find it hard to accept but i say with sincerity i pay homage to president joseph kabila president of the republic today we must no longer consider each other as adversities but rather as partners and democratic change in our country. thousands of his supporters poured onto the streets to celebrate their hold it will be a new beginning to suffer in this country there's no job in this country i was in south africa and then to come back and got to there's no job and country the people these people are going to study and after that there's nothing the results triggered protesters in goma and congolese catholic chased leaders are also questioning the result local authorities in concrete in the south or west of the country say at least two civilians and two police officers were killed during riots several police stations were torched. she said kate is rival martin five is rejecting the provisional results and alleges what he calls an electoral who out to sue kill all those who learned of the truth of the ballot boxes especially to congress national bishops the past couple conf

know how many of you find it hard to accept what i say with sincerity i pay homage to president joseph kabila president of the republic today we must no longer consider each other as adversities but rather as partners and democratic change in our country. but now martin he's the runner up who led the polls before the vote has dismissed the results and electoral he called on observers to publish what he called quote real results tallies compiled by the influential catholic church also indicate that fire is the clear winner. out to sue q all those who learned of the truth of the ballot boxes especially to congress national bishops the past couple conference sankoh and the church of congo through your historical observations we ask you to reveal to the congolese people and to the whole world the name of the person who really was our people's choice. good rejects categorically the result published by the election commission president well given the situation security has been stepped up on the streets of the capital kinshasa as many fear a potential standoff could lead to further violence but the

candidates of outgoing president joseph kabila a voter turnout was forty seven percent only around eighteen million out of forty million eligible voters cast a ballot so who is fully. the fifty five year old is a son of a katy the longtime opposition leader and founder of the union for democracy and social. who died two years ago for league spent his early life in brussels where he became a you d.p.s. activist after various roles in the party he inherited the leadership last year if his victory is confirmed he will only be the second leader to take power through the ballot box since independence from belgium is promising to fight corruption return the rule of law and fighting by rebels in eastern d r c we're bringing our guests in just a moment but first al-jazeera has more from kinshasa. outside the party headquarters of the k.t. it is a con the atmosphere his supporters is no maintaining their hold that he's made it will be a new beginning for the country and single some kind of new direction in terms of economic recovery. really misstepped to security. in his country and our forwards in

has been declared the winner has made some kind of deal with president joseph kabila they've via the dating polls could be less complete the strings behind the scenes the fixity still being in control of the country and as a kid it becomes a public being told what to do a yes man and a fear that nothing much is going to change but here in this part of kinshasa the capital is a hall different story we outside the court of the pitch the candy some of his supporters have been coming here celebrating and when they say now we have to focus on fixing the economy creating jobs and it's a they know that he only won with many thanks nine percent of the vote which means many people did not vote for him they hope that he convinces enough people in congo that he's going to need to flee everyone not just face support us. well the election results have been a major trending topic worldwide and sara horowitz is here with the social media reactions are all well i see it has been let's start with this reaction. because this was the moment when she's can see it on his wife found out about his win and

but i say it with sincerity i pay homage to president joseph kabila president of the republic. today we must no longer consider each other as our adversaries. but rather as partners in democratic change in our country. some believe she sick eighty one by cutting a deal with president joseph kabila who's clung to power for eighteen years although could be less preferred candidates and he came third the man expected to win martin fire ulu is among many contesting the results. soon. moved him of these results do not reflect the truth of the ballots so. this is obviously an acceptable electoral fraud of a nature that will provoke general chaos across the country this year. it will be up to the country's constitution or court to validate the vote and while there's growing concern that opposition to the result could turn violent for now just a k.d. supporters across the country are celebrating yet. and let's get more now we are joined by correspondent going to scaredy who is joining us from kinshasa so the powerful catholic church which monitor the selection has just given a press co

just because he promised to be the president of all congolese he also praised outgoing president joseph kabila as an important political partner who had been celebrating on the streets of the capital kinshasa as if confirmed the result could pave the way for the country's first peaceful handover of power since independence from belgium and nine hundred sixty tasa has more from kinshasa feeling to look a he was never really seen as the frontrunner in this election in fact according to opinion polls and the catholic church many people assume that martin another popular opposition leader would win by use the borders office speaking with make you late that perhaps give the kitty struck a deal with president joseph kabila and that the deal probably includes for example that you the k. becomes president and the ruling party candidate on the former ruling party candidate mangas adare becomes prime minister it doth peculation hadn't been confirmed but that is what they think so the president is vowing to stay in power as protests continue on the album she held a rally the thousands of supporters on we

with the outgoing president, joseph kabila. well, let's stay with that story — gaius kowene from bbc africa explains what martin fayulu wants to achieve through this petition in the constitutional court. he is asking for a manual vote recount and he is also asking for results to be published, polling station by polling station, so that he can compare what the electoral commission has with the data that his own observers from his own political party collected and sent to his headquarters here. and after that, the court will have a maximum of seven days to look into his petition and also to look into all the evidence that he provided. right after that, the court will announce its final decision to say whether fayulu is right and whether all the votes should be recounted or simply cancelled.

in court his chief rival is martin failure and accuses him of plotting with outgoing president joseph kabila to rig the outcome. memphis's you see that although the situation on the ground has fortunately remained it generally comes so far it remains highly worrying to put it bluntly we have serious doubts about the results in the democratic republic of congo where the election delayed several times since twenty sixteen was beset with problems including the exclusion of about a million voters in the east where there isn't a bowler break uncertainty about the winner threatens to spark violence in the country hoping for its first peaceful transition of power since independence in one thousand nine hundred sixty let's cross over to her metasearch who's in the capital

was some believe jessa katie won by cutting a deal with president joseph kabila who's clung to power for and the teen years although could be less preferred candidate only came in third the man expected to win martin for you lou is among many contesting the results. susan. the end of these results do not reflect the truth of the ballots so. this is obviously an acceptable electoral fraud of a nature that will provoke general chaos across the country. it will be up to the country's constitutional court to validate the vote for now to cicadas supporters across the country are celebrating even as initial reports come in of violent protests in which more people may have died. oh. well let's get some analysis of what is unfolding in the d.r. see right now stephanie walters is. in your research fellow at the institute of security studies and she joins us from johannesburg in south africa very good day it's probably too early for a felix arcadia to pop the champagne but the country's powerful catholic church is already contesting his win the runner up says he's going to challenge the outcom

know how many of you find it hard to accept but i say with sincerity i pay homage to president joseph kabila president of the republic today we must no longer consider each other as adversities but rather as partners and democratic change in our country. thousands of his supporters poured onto the streets to celebrate they hope it will be a new beginning to suffer in this country there's no job in this country i was in south africa i'm going to come back i'm going to there's no job and country the people these people are going to study and after that there's nothing the result triggered protesters in goma and congolese catholic chastely days are also questioning the result local authorities in concrete in the south west of the country say at least two civilians and two police officers were killed during riots several police stations were torched. just a kid is rival martin five is rejecting the provisional results and alleges what he calls an electoral who. kill all those who learned of the truth of the ballot boxes especially to congress national bishops the past couple conference sankoh an

but i say it with sincerity i pay homage to president joseph kabila president of the republic. would today we must no longer consider each other as adversaries. but rather as partners in democratic change in our country. let's get more now we're going to go to correspondent william clough us who is in the capital kinshasa william welcome to the program we're hearing people are celebrating on the streets what are you seeing . welcome traffickers traditionally being a stronghold of felix's security party the. after the announcement about two or three am in the morning there were indeed the scenes of jubilation of thousands of people in the streets particularly in the areas where the u.p.s. is traditionally strongest and this is a big big surprise for them because that proxy was the first opposition party grounded in congo with nearly eighty and if you talk to their supporters they've been waiting a very very long time for this so that's the same contrast there is no longer a city that it's entirely for further u.p.s. an official predictions because he said it's not seen that univ

opposition leaders say they fear the vote will be manipulated to favor president joseph kabila as preferred successor emanuel should dari. the result. is not. we have. to be vigilant. all the. supporters from the ruling party have already started celebrating and deny allegations of fraud they insist only the electoral commission known here as see me know the outcome. we have to study the results all. we make of that is. how. i was in your position. how will. you know when. the government has cut internet and islamist services to prevent speculation on social media about who has won some people fear they could be violence if the final results are rejected by the liz's al-jazeera kinshasa. but certainly as president has dismissed calls to step down and praise the army's response to anti-government protests omar al bashir made the comments at a military parade and other a city where the demonstrations began three weeks ago the rallies calling for bashir to step down have sent spread across the country authorities say at least nineteen people have been killed in the demonstrations but amnesty i

only the electoral commission can announce results supporters of the magnus a diary president joseph kabila the preferred candidate say they are confident he has won we are not giving a result of the presidential election but according to a bold to one million weaknesses that we have. in. the country we can say that we are claiming victory all for. shirley for. the government has cut internet and islamist services saying it's to stop fake results circulating on social media if the results aren't disputed it goes first democratic transfer of power since independence nobody wants violence. this is a historical time for the congo. a peaceful transition of power never happen in this country everybody's really for the moment they receive. a peaceful transition and could give legitimacy to the administration of the next president whoever that's going to be. earlier i spoke to a key to the president of the congolese support group which is a coalition of opposition voices the d.l.c. worldwide he wants more international help. respecting the international community especially what the usa has a take

is meant to have won the election he ditched the kid he has just spoken and he called president joseph kabila the father of democracy he said he is willing to be a president for all people of congo and he thanked the and the other candidates martin for you and emmanuel us adare if he is willing to work of them to build a better congo we also just heard from martin for you the man who opinion polls there was going to win the election he says he rejects the results you called his supporters to rise up and defend their vote and he fav people but president kabila made some kind of deal with you the k.t. so that they could feel the vote from him so you are supporters to be vigilant and you did bend their votes so be vigilant what does that mane because they have been concerns that people want to accept the results and there are security forces i believe on the streets of can shall serve to make sure that any protests weren't turning to violence. exactly there's a heavy security presence in kinshasa we see in riot police and the army doing patrols and people have been warned that if they do take th

know how many of you find it hard to accept but i say with sincerity i pay homage to president joseph kabila president of the republic today we must no longer consider each other as adversities but rather as partners and democratic change in our country. thousands of his supporters poured onto the streets to celebrate their hold it will be a new beginning to suffer in this country there's no job in this country i was in south africa and there's no job and country. people these people are going to stere and after that there's nothing the result triggered protesters in goma and congolese catholic church leaders are also questioning the result local authorities in concrete in the south west of the country say at least two civilians and two police officers were killed during riots several police stations were torched. she's a kid is rival martin five is rejecting the provisional results and alleges what he calls an electoral. cure all those who learned of the truth of the ballot boxes especially to congress national bishops oppose couple conference of the church of congo through your historical

that he's the biggest threat to president joseph kabila and the. hundred. but can he win the election for you. thank you for talking to al-jazeera what. did challenge the organisation the question was. comparable to. the elections. send me. the willingness to organize the transparent and accountable elections that the question and we're sending to that extent torgan eyes the. transparent election. and the now we are asking the senate to finish the process that means to give us results which should be it. coming from the ballot but all credible attendees. i mean we saw that during fourteen there's a lot of disorganization many people were not able to vote including their own supporters from parts of the country yeah but i agree completely agree it was deliberately the organizers but the willingness of the congolese to have the change to change think in this country to go for prosperity was very very high i saw people committed themselves to have something and then we had it people responded massively they went to the ball and they voted and we are waiting fo

candidates of outgoing president joseph kabila a voter turnout was forty seven percent only around eighteen million out of forty million eligible voters cast a ballot so who is fully. the fifty five year old is a son of katie the longtime opposition leader and founder of the union for democracy and social. who died two years ago flake spent his early life in brussels where he became a huge d.p.s. activist after various roles in the party he inherited the leadership last year if his victory is confirmed he will only be the second leader to take power through the ballot box since independence from belgium is promising to fight corruption return the rule of law and fighting by rebels in eastern d r c we're bringing our guests in just a moment but first al-jazeera has more from kinshasa. outside the party headquarters of the k.t. it is a con the atmosphere his supporters a business no banking business and hold that he's made it would be a new beginning for the country and single some kind of new direction in terms of economic recovery. really misstepped to security. in his country and our count

know how many of you find it hard to accept but i say with sincerity i pay homage to president joseph kabila president of the republic today we must no longer consider each other as a bursaries rather as partners and democratic change in our country. but you will have to contend with his rival to who is rejected the previous should results. to suit you all those who learned of the truth of the ballot boxes especially to. hungary's national bishops the past couple conference sankoh of the church of congo through your historical observations we ask you to reveal to the congolese people of the whole world the name of the person who really was our people's choice. the country with a history of coups conflict and contested elections has been on the edge there were allegations of widespread election irregularities including complaints of all tricking advice. the internet has been cut off for days in an apparent attempt to stop speculation about the results why police have deployed we still have to wait to see what will come out from people context the results and hope that the process is going to

gained independence from belgium in his last televised address as president outgoing leader joseph kabila to support his successor. is covering this inauguration ceremony for us in kinshasa joins us now live it's seen occupation supposed to happen any time now talk us through the timeline of today's events and who is attending this ceremony. we are expecting the outgoing president joseph kabila to arrive any time from now we have seen a motorcade approaching and at the palace of the nation where this inauguration is taking place and then also felix just the kid who will be sworn in we understand perhaps in the next hour or two or about a few thousand members of the public have gathered on one side of the ground you're cordoned off security trying to manage that crowd and we've seen the members of the diplomatic corps and as one of some representation of the european and african union also the almost secret general of the african union who had previously brokered a dialogue at one point during the political crisis and i think the presence of u.s. officials would would matter to leadership

to vote that was two years over to you will finally see the exit of president joseph kabila after a.t.v.'s of power but are questions about how much influence he will still have i don't never takes the reins. to see. your secretary of state my pump is in egypt where he'll be giving a major speech on the trumpet ministrations middle east policy and stop in car it was part of an eight day tour of the region the cities where former president barack obama delivered his address to the broader muslim world where two thousand and nine a wednesday pompei was stopped in iraq to meet u.s. troops and reassure government officials about america's commitment to the fight against eisel well my prayer is meeting with egyptian president officer l.c.c. and then later on thursday there's his policy speech where he's expected to address increasing pressure on iran and trump's decision to withdraw u.s. troops from syria and also hold talks with the egyptian foreign minister about some some issue create ties between donald trump and c.c. have grown despite egypt's controversial human rights record egypt is

one man has dominated congolese politics for 18 years, joseph kabila.he announced he would not be standing, but with some opposition leaders having been barred from the vote. questions remain about the country's commitment to democracy. for a long time now, a strong voice of opposition has come from the pews of opposition has come from the pews of the catholic church, as peaceful protests have been met with violence. many critics have been forced underground, which is why we had to secretly meet a couple of young activists from a group called struggle —— struggle for change. senden skinns. this man was jailed for six months for leading illegal protests. -- is for six months for leading illegal protests. —— is meant here. they arrived separately. they were nervous. and we had to do the interview quickly. it is dangerous here to speak as openly as this. political change is in its early stages and the majority hope new leadership will be for the better. but the huge potential —— that the huge potential of the congo will be finally realised. this journey up

to vote that was two years over to you will finally see the exit of president joseph kabila after nearly eighteen years in power but are questions about how much influence he will still have on whoever takes the reins. your sect your state my prepares in egypt where he'll be giving a major speech on the truck ministrations middle east policy stop in cairo is part of an eight day tour of the region the city is where former president barack obama delivered his address to the broader muslim world in two thousand and nine and once they pump stopped in iraq to meet u.s. troops and to reassure government officials about america's commitment to the fight against. the egyptian president abdul fattah el-sisi and then later on thursday there is that policy speech where he's expected to address increasing pressure on iran and trying to decision to withdraw u.s. troops from syria and also hold talks with the egyptian foreign minister. and ties between donald trump and. grown despite egypt's controversial human rights record egypt is one of the biggest recipients of u.s. foreign aid it's also one of

president joseph kabila has been empowered for nearly eighteen years but he's now agreed to step down millions of voters went to the polls on sunday to choose his successor after a more than two year delay the votes are being counted but both could be chosen kansas and the opposition are already claiming victory. by widespread irregularities including complaints of vote rigging and violence instead it's been cut in the parents attempt to stop speculation about the results and people in some areas didn't get to vote at all because of fighting and an outbreak of the virus. in just a moment but first catherine soy has the latest from the congolese capital kinshasa . we've seen a very difficult election here in the democratic republic of congo for the companies that's what six. presidential candidates united from access to certain parts of the country forces violent should be sponsored by police. and life in some instances calm fourteen days it was so much his organization in some polling stations was easy to voting machines were not working and some no one knows which is registered peopl

but i say it with sincerity i pay homage to president joseph kabila president of the republic. today we must no longer consider each other as adversaries. but rather as partners in democratic change in our country. some believe sikka katie won by cutting a deal with president joseph kabila whose clung to power for eighteen years. although could be preferred candidate only came third the man expected to win martin is among many contesting the results of. susan. moon the end of these results do not reflect the truth of the ballots. this is obviously an acceptable electoral fraud. that will provoke general chaos across the country mr meanwhile the country's influential catholic church is already questioning the vote it says official results do not match the outcome compiled by its forty thousand observers at all polling stations across the troubled country the church has also called for calm. still many people are upset in golmaal many did not hide their feelings amid the potential for unrest . we don't want to smack of alien sale of the congolese people's power. but. we're going

know how many of you find it hard to accept but i say with sincerity i pay homage to president joseph kabila president of the republic today we must no longer consider each other as adversities but rather as partners and democratic change in our country. but he will have to contend with his rival martin file who has rejected the provision results. to suit you all those who learned of the truth of the ballot boxes especially to congress national bishops the past couple conference sankoh of the church of congo through your historical observations we ask you to reveal to the congolese people of the whole world the name of the person who really was our people's choice. the country with a history of coups conflict and contested elections has been on the edge there were allegations of widespread election irregularities including complaints of all clicking advise. the internet has been cut off for days in an apparent attempt to stop speculation about the results why police have deployed we still have to wait to see what we come out from people context the results and whole process is going to be. m

expected to remain cut off until election results are announced on sunday and adviser to president joseph kabila says access was shut down to stop people speculating about the outcome of the vote several candidates had claimed to be in the lead in the election to choose kabila successive and nasir as new horizons spacecraft has undertaken a successful flyby of a rock six and a half billion konami's from if the rock is said to be the oldest cosmic body ever explored by humankind those are the headlines coming up next here. do stay with us. it was one of the biggest bank robberies of modern times with over eighty million dollars stolen from bangladesh's central bank when one used investigates how cyber hackers infiltrated the global banking system and on our desire. was not a person sitting on the job. most of us the muslim of the. president told us that because of what they. can to stop them from phyllis i'm guessing that much. to those that does not have the option. know exactly what you need the beings have. to book. and then probably that little slot at. the book does have us have a place. but

joseph kabila's coalition also won almost half of all the seats in the national assembly.sident, he will have to work with the prime minister from the current government. parts of germany, austria and sweden are suffering exceptional amounts of snow which have already killed seven people in the past week. bethany bell reports now from annaberg in the austrian alps. the little town of annaberg is blanketed in white. like many mountain regions in germany and austria, it is experiencing unusually heavy falls of snow. these sensors are there to protect houses from avalanches. the authorities are struggling to remove the snow. these volunteer firefighters are working to clear the roof of annaberg's primary school. stefan obermeister from the lower austrian fire brigade says they need to ensure the building is safe enough for children to enter. the big problem is that the snow is very heavy so we have about 3.5 metres on the roofs. and that's the big problem. because if the weather is changing and the snow gets heavier, the big problem is that the roofs crash down and so it is v

are you accused you say kitty of making a power sharing deal with the outgoing president joseph kabila both deny that by you lose refusing to accept the court's ruling and is urging everyone to reject. this i consider myself the only legitimate president of the democratic republic of congo i call on the congolese people not to recognize someone who would take on that role illegitimately nor to a by orders coming from him. well for you know call for peaceful protests the streets of the capital kinshasa appeared as they would on any other sunday calm and quiet. unlike the celebrate two scenes by security supporters that greeted the final ruling by the constitutional court. some of service say despite the allegations of vote rigging the promise of a new face of the presidency may be enough to allow for a smooth handover of power and that it's both a victory and loss for congo's opposition should understand our concerns joseph kabila will wield power when he leaves office is behind this is behind the decision but it depends the way just secured the rule during a disturbed youth cuts the re

for reconciliation and promised to release all political prisoners present she katie succeeds joseph kabila who was in power facing me is that the election was marred by allegations of fraud it is the first peaceful transition of power in congo since the country gained independence in one thousand nine hundred sixty six . on this let's bring in journalist and she is in can share lydia we understand that the president has followed up his call for reconciliation with action tell us more about that. he has indeed he he gave a rousing speech he said he wanted to release all political prisoners as you mentioned she said he wanted to unite the congress. against hate against tribalism and. the country. remains to be seen as and his promises but from promises excited. i'm not about content president and if yes i mean do they need to see katie. introduced as a good is the son of idea and katie is a charismatic politician who found one of the founding members of the party. and it didn't jive three years ago in belgium and his body is still languishing in a morgan in brussels because people say well t

know how many of you find it hard to accept but i say with sincerity i pay homage to president joseph kabila president of the republic today we must no longer consider each other as adversities but rather as partners and democratic change in our country. thousands of his supporters poured onto the streets to celebrate their hold it will be a new beginning to suffer in this country there's no job in this country i was in south africa i'm going to come back i'm going to there's no job and country. people there's people aboard to study and after that there's nothing the result triggered protesters in goma and congolese catholic chase leaders are also questioning the result local authorities in concrete in the south west of the country say at least two civilians and two police officers were killed during riots several police stations were torched. she said kate is rival martin five is rejecting the provisional results and alleges what he calls an electoral. how to sue you all those who learned of the truth of the ballot boxes especially to congress national bishops the past couple conference san

joseph kabila's coalition also won almost half of all the seats in the national assembly.ll to come we'll have all the latest sports news from the bbc sport centre. day one of operation desert storm to force the iraqis out of kuwait has seen the most intense air attack since the second world war. tobacco is america's oldest industry and it is one of its biggest. but the industry is nervous of this report. this may tend to make people want to stop smoking cigarettes. there is not a street that is unaffected. huge parts of kobe were simply demolished as buildings crashed into one another. this woman said she had been given no help and no advice by the authorities. she stood outside the ruins of her business. tens of thousands of black children in south africa have taken advantage of laws passed by the country's new multiracial government and enrolled at formerly white schools. tonight sees the 9610th performance of her long—running play the mousetrap. when they heard of her death today, the management considered whether to cancel tonight's performance but agatha christie wou

prisoners return exiles on the issue of corruption and good governance do you see him going after joseph kabila and his family at the moment hair of various maple cough we just do not expect the fish caddy will have the political power to be able to kind of manipulate the the vassals of power enough to move anything away from kabila or his family as essentially we've we see a situation where if to scotty is confirmed as president he will just remain behind the scenes sorry kabila will remain behind the scenes behind his sketchy as he rules how long that situation will last is yet to be seen when it comes to economic verses ending the war in the eastern provinces the most important thing will be infrastructure there is no possible way the economic development can happen without improvements infrastructure there is no way that people can be brought into the formalization of art as a mining for example without infrastructure that needs to be more investment in roads in hydro power plants we've seen in the three to sketch it will need to prioritize that if he wants to even come close to i think rai

is dominated by the party of outgoing president joseph kabila and his one a majority in parliament challenging their potential rain. he leaves the alliance which is backed by two opposition heavyweights who were both barred from running for president although powerful catholic church is also weighed in questioning the results and calling for an investigation arm a tacit reports now from kinshasa. catholic priest the congregation to pray for peace in d.c. as uncertainty grows over the disputed election result the catholic church deployed forty thousand election observers on voting day last month the tally is his opposition leader martin for you one sixty one percent of the vote almost twice as many as the official result of thirty four percent in the presidential run up attend a church on sunday he accuses felix the kiddie of making a deal with the outgoing president joseph kabila to steal the election for you know has gone to the constitutional court to appeal to judges to order a recount of all of we have our phrases on shaken and because the people have decided and the wishes of the people w

maybe even several years which means joseph kabila remains the president until those elections happen all eyes are now on this court when that massive is a much and why you do it is unhappy with the outcome of the courts how is he going to react to our fears if he tells the quarters to go out to the street and protest in the could be violent. for the moment thanks very much rains the bases there from . tangay says the crisis is not for the african union to solve. actually we're not even in a constitutional crisis we and our management crisis is a political management issue and now we are told these can take up process of the election now we're out with very poor results being contested by everyone and head of state from all of africa and all of the world the media putting. even more on the table today when a celtic situation i think when it was turned away and leave things but try to find solution because the risk is very very odd to go in a very serious scare in the congo we don't want a leader again you don't want something similar i think we need to try and see what the cheapest wa

to call for reconciliation promised to police all political prisoners present cicada succeeds joseph kabila who was in power for eighteen years of the election was marred by allegations of fraud it is the first peaceful transition of power in congo since the country gained independence in one thousand nine hundred sixty. let's get more on this from journalist live your acland who joins us on the line from kinshasa a welcome to the w the president followed up his call for reconciliation with action in announcing this release of political prisoners. yes indeed if you can sense you can release all political prisoners. he's he's an entirely different position because computers coalition have the outgoing president of the vast majority in parliament so he he needs to show that he's the opposition and he's going to follow through with the with what people want but at the same time he's going to have to cooperate with with president could be the. party of a majority in parliament so he's already called president bitter an important political court now and he's slightly in between these two trying

had made a power sharing deal with outgoing president joseph kabila a charge both men deny. for you is refusing to accept the court's ruling prompting fears of further unrest. i consider myself the only legitimate president of the democratic republic of congo i call on the congolese people not to recognize someone who would take on that role illegitimately nor to a by orders coming from. the electoral commission had announced that she is a katie received thirty eight point five percent of the vote compared with thirty four point seven percent for free will over. the un says thirty four people have been killed since the provisional results were released the lead up to the poll was also marred by violence and controversy over this isn't to delay voting in some areas for health and security reasons which in effect meant more than one in a quarter million people from intellectual of almost forty million works glued it. these official figures have been disputed by the influential catholic church which says it deployed forty thousand monitors across the country but the winning can

but i say it with sincerity i pay homage to president joseph kabila president of the republic. today we must no longer consider each other as adversaries. but rather as partners in democratic change in our country. some believe she's sick ain't the won by cutting a deal with president joseph kabila who's clung to power for eighteen years although could be less preferred candidate and he came third the man expected to win martin fi ulu is among many contesting the results. soon. move of these results do not reflect the truth of the ballots so. this is obviously an acceptable electoral fraud of a nature that will provoke general good. across the country. it will be up to the country's constitutional court to validate the vote and while there is growing concern the da position to the result could turn violent for now g c k d supporters across the country are celebrating. for more let's bring in correspondent jonah scaredy who is standing by for us in kinshasa so what us through the result and why it is being seen as so significant. so it's actually very significant because it's th

had made a power sharing deal with outgoing president joseph kabila a charge both men deny. for you is refusing to accept the court's ruling prompting fears of further unrest. i consider myself the only legitimate president of the democratic republic of congo i call on the congolese people not to recognize someone who would take on that role in legitimately nor to a by orders coming from. the electoral commission had announced that she is a katie received thirty eight point five percent of the vote compared with thirty four point seven percent for for you willow. the un says thirty four people have been killed since the provisional results were released the lead up to the poll was also marred by violence and controversy over this isn't to delay voting in some areas for health and security reasons which in effect meant more than one in a quarter million people from intellectual of almost forty million works glued it these official figures have been disputed by the influential catholic church which says it deployed forty thousand monitors across the country but the winning can

backed by president joseph kabila would win this he obviously didn't the opposition leader did and a lot of people a mixture of surprise but those who do support an ecstatic as i said though the coming on the street patting zillah brakes mounting and i suppose critical to this entire process will be how martin for you lose the main opposition leader how he responds to the news the finishes because you have apparently won. exactly that is going to be key is he going to fifth is he going to maybe try to work with she's a kennedy who knows that we know that in the in the next few hours he was meant to have a press conference to find out more about his plan they can just see like the katie does have a point so i think to see in the next coming days a lot more celebration that opposition protests to his win in other parts the country for example baby like a tonka region you might get people they who maybe support martin are you different they may feel they felt cheated they may want to maybe protest opposing what to come out of the electoral results but again the next few hours will be te

presidential election initial outcome of last week's vote to choose a successor for president joseph kabila was due on sunday but early half of the votes remain uncounted arma toss reports i'm conscious of. the head of the electoral commission. says he would not be rushed into making an announcement preliminary results were meant to be declared on sunday instead the people at the d c were told to wait a few more days. with the least of provisional results want to happen today because the coalition of exult is still going on across the continent it's a huge challenge but we are working very hard to result as soon as possible. the election campaign was occasionally marred by violence in some areas on polling day several voters complained of logistical problems saying some of the voting machines which would be nice for the first time didn't work some congolese were unable to. break and conflict in parts of the country. the streets of. people wait for the results consistent elections in two thousand and six and two thousand and eleven little violent street protests election officials say they h