{"id":9785,"date":"2011-12-09T15:34:18","date_gmt":"2011-12-09T15:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/kabila-wins-dr-congo-election\/"},"modified":"2011-12-09T15:34:18","modified_gmt":"2011-12-09T15:34:18","slug":"kabila-wins-dr-congo-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/09\/kabila-wins-dr-congo-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Kabila &#8216;wins DR Congo election&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span><span>9 December 2011<\/span> <span>Last updated at<\/span> <span>15:34 GMT<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/media\/images\/57238000\/jpg\/_57238594_013487340.jpg\" width=\"304\" height=\"171\" alt=\"A Congolese man holds a cloth printed with pictures of DR Congo incumbent president Joseph Kabila on December 8, 2011\" \/><span>Joseph Kabila enjoys most of his support in eastern areas of the vast country<\/span><\/div>\n<p>President Joseph Kabila has won the Democratic Republic of Congo&#8217;s election, provisional results show.<\/p>\n<p>He obtained 49% of the vote against 32% for veteran opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi, the election commission chief said.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement has been delayed since Tuesday, with election officials blaming logistical problems.<\/p>\n<p>The opposition has complained of fraud and security is tight in the capital, Kinshasa, amid fears of violence.<\/p>\n<p>Riot police are patrolling the streets of the capital, which is seen as an opposition stronghold.<\/p>\n<p>Many shops and stalls in the city&#8217;s markets have been closed for most of the week.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Independent National Electoral Commission certifies that candidate Kabila Kabange Joseph has obtained the simple majority of votes,&#8221; said election commission chief Daniel Ngoy Mulunda.<\/p>\n<p>In the eastern city of Goma, people started to celebrate as soon as the results were announced on national TV and radio, reports the BBC&#8217;s Joshua Mmali in the city.<\/p>\n<p>The results still have to be ratified by the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Kabila has been president since 2001, following the death of his father Laurent.<\/p>\n<p>In 2006 he won the first elections since the end of a five-year conflict and is now due to be sworn in on 20 December for his second term.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 9 December 2011 Last updated at 15:34 GMT Joseph Kabila enjoys most of his support in eastern areas of the vast country President Joseph Kabila has won the Democratic Republic of Congo&#8217;s election, provisional results show. He obtained 49% of the vote against 32% for veteran opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi, the election commission chief said. The announcement has been delayed since Tuesday, with election officials blaming logistical problems. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kabila &#039;wins DR Congo election&#039; - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/09\/kabila-wins-dr-congo-election\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Kabila &#039;wins DR Congo election&#039; - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"9 December 2011 Last updated at 15:34 GMT Joseph Kabila enjoys most of his support in eastern areas of the vast country President Joseph Kabila has won the Democratic Republic of Congo&#039;s election, provisional results show. 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