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DR Congo candidate Fayulu denounces 'electoral coup'

Martin Fayulu, Congolese joint opposition presidential candidate speaks during an interview with Reuters in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, on December 20, 2018. PHOTO | REUTERS

By  AFP

The runner-up in the Democratic Republic of Congo's long-awaited presidential poll Martin Fayulu on Thursday denounced the results as an "electoral coup".

His fellow opposition candidate Felix Tshisekedi was declared the winner of the December vote by the electoral commission early Thursday morning.

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