Congo Ruling Party Rebuffs U.S. Elections Call, Backs 2019 Vote
KINSHASA (Capital Markets in Africa) – The head of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s ruling party said he supports a program under which elections will be held in April 2019 at the earliest, in an apparent rejection of a U.S. government demand that the delayed vote take place next year. The secretary-general of the People’s Party for Reconstruction and Democracy, Henri Mova Sakanyi, told members he backs the timeline given by the electoral commission, according to…
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