DR Congo election results could be counted in '24-48 hours': official

DRC's Electoral Commission President Corneille Nangaa Yobeluo speaks during a press conference at the Independent National Election Commission (CENI) headquarters in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. PHOTO | ISSOUF SANOGO AND LUIS TATO | AFP

Provisional results of the much-delayed Democratic Republic of Congo's presidential election could be counted in "24 to 48 hours," a top electoral official said on Tuesday.

The elections, postponed three times over the last two years, were to choose a successor to long-term President Joseph Kabila but early results from the December 30 election, due last Sunday, have been pushed back.