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Rwandan President Paul Kagame is yet to congratulate Felix Tshisekedi on his reelection as president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) following a landslide victory, according to results by Ceni, the country’s electoral body.

A little over 24 hours since Ceni, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) electoral commission, declared Felix Tshisekedi the winner of the December 20 presidential election, Uganda’s President has finally spoken out on the election results – even as Congolese opposition candidates continue to cry foul.

The opposition in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has rejected the results of the presidential election after Commission Electorale Nationale Indépendante (Ceni) announced that incumbent Felix Tshisekedi had polled 73 per cent of the total votes cast to win himself a second term.

President Paul Kagame’s Rwandan government has fired back at Burundi’s President Evariste Ndayishimiye over claims that Kigali supports rebels that killed at least 20 people on December 22.

Burundi’s President Everest Ndayishimiye has said homosexuals in his country deserve to be killed with stones.

The mother of Anne Rwigara, the sister of Diane Rwigara, a critic of Rwanda President Paul Kagame and former presidential candidate, has spoken out on the ‘mysterious’ death of her daughter.  

Ugandan President Gen Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni has made it clear to rebels under the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) that he will not allow them to turn the country into an Islamic state governed under sharia law.

Initial election results released by Ceni, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Electoral Commission, on December 25, 2023 indicate that President Felix Tshisekedi, the incumbent, was leading.

DR Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi has made at least two statements and taken one action that threaten diplomatic relations among member states of the East African Community (EAC) and could plunge the region into war.