Congo Presidential Election Results Delayed

Officials say that the preliminary results of the presidential poll in the Democratic Republic of Congo won’t be ready by the deadline.

Voters queue to cast their ballot for the Democratic Republic of Congo’s general elections at the College St. Raphael polling station in Kinshasa, DRC, on Dec. 30, 2018. Luis Tato/AFP/Getty Images

NAIROBI, Kenya—Officials say that the preliminary results of the presidential poll in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) won’t be ready by the deadline, adding more delays for announcing the results of an election that was originally supposed to be held in 2016.

On Jan. 5, officials said that they won’t announce the preliminary results by the Jan. 6 deadline, saying they would do so early in the week instead.