UN Security Council meets on DR Congo vote

The UN Security Council met behind closed doors on Friday to discuss the elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo as world powers awaited results.

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Late voters check a list after arriving at a polling station at Kiwele college in Lubumbashi on December 30, 2018, shortly before the close of polls in the country's presidential, provincial and national elections. - After two years of delays, the Democratic Republic of Congo voted December 30 in presidential elections that will determine the future of Africa's notoriously unstable giant. (Photo by Caroline Thirion / AFP)

2019-01-05 09:36:42

The UN Security Council met behind closed doors on Friday to discuss the elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo as world powers awaited results.

France requested the meeting as the European Union and the African Union urged DR Congo authorities to respect the outcome of the December 30 vote.

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