DR Congo court to examine election appeal from Tuesday

DR Congo opposition presidential candidate Martin Fayulu (right), leaves the Center Missionnaire Philadelphie (CMP) with his wife Esther after they attended a Sunday mass on January 13, 2019, in Kinshasa. Fayulu has appealed to the Constitutional Court to annul the provisional result which awarded victory to his opposition rival Felix Tshisekedi. PHOTO | TONY KARUMBA | AFP

DR Congo's Constitutional Court said it would start hearing Tuesday an appeal against presidential election results that gave victory to opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi.

"The Constitutional Court will start examining the appeal by Martin Fayulu tomorrow, from 9.30am [0830 GMT]," press officer Baudouin Mwehu told AFP on Monday.