Saturday, 10 December 2011

Congo police sweep capital day after poll results (AP)

Armed Congolese men wearing civilian clothes patrol in the Matete commune in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Friday Dec. 9, 2011, after the electoral commission declared Congolese president Joseph Kabila winner of the Nov. 28 election with 48.9 percent of the vote. Congo opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi who was declared the loser of the country's election has told French television that he considers himself the new president. In an interview with France 24, a few hours after results were issued Friday, Etienne Tshisekedi said, 'I consider myself the elected president.' (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)AP - Police in Congo's capital prowled opposition neighborhoods Saturday rounding up young men, who were seen being dragged out of their homes and shoved into waiting cars, a day after the government announced that the country's opposition leader had lost the disputed presidential election.



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