Joseph Kabila Kabange, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, addresses the 69th United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York September 25, 2014. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo
KINSHASA (Reuters) - A protester and a police officer were killed in Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday during protests against a possible delay to November elections, a United Nations official said.
Nationwide demonstrations were called by opposition parties and civil society groups to protest a May 11 ruling by Congo's highest court that allows President Joseph Kabila to remain in power if presidential and parliamentary elections are delayed.
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