U.S. says Congo must hold long-delayed election by end of 2018
Source: Reuters
#WORLD NEWS OCTOBER 27, 2017 / 7:29 AM / UPDATED 3 HOURS AGO
U.S. says Congo must hold long-delayed election by end of 2018
Michelle Nichols
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KINSHASA (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo must hold a long-delayed election to replace President Joseph Kabila by the end of next year or the vote will lose international support, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said on Friday.
Repeated delays to the poll, originally scheduled for late 2016, have led to unrest and raised fears the Central African nation could slip back into the kind of conflicts that killed millions around the turn of the century.
U.S. envoy Nikki Haley met with Kabila for 90 minutes on Friday. She is the most senior member of President Donald Trumps administration to visit the country.
It was a firm, candid conversation, Haley told a small group of reporters, adding she had made very clear that the United States wanted to see elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2018 and we wouldnt accept elections any later.
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