More will deploy as needed to Gabon, Congo or neighbouring Republic of Congo, he wrote. The U.S. ahead of the vote ordered “non-emergency” government employees and family members to leave the country. As regulations say only the electoral commission can announce election results, the church did not announce a name. Some 40 million people were registered to vote, though at the last minute some 1 million voters were barred as the electoral commission cited a deadly Ebola virus outbreak. The vote took place more than two years behind schedule, while a court ruled that Kabila could stay in office until the vote was held.

Source: National Post January 05, 2019 09:11 UTC