FILE PHOTO: Supporters of Martin Fayulu, runner-up in Democratic Republic of Congo's presidential election, protest in front of the constitutional court as they wait for him to deliver his appeal contesting Congo's National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) results of the presidential election in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, January 12, 2019. REUTERS/Baz Ratner/File Photo
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Lawyers for the runner-up in Democratic Republic of Congo's disputed election exhorted the nation's highest court on Tuesday to order a recount of a poll they say was rigged.
The Dec. 30 election was meant to lead to Congo's first democratic handover of power since independence from Belgium in 1960. But hope for a new era after 18 years of chaotic rule by President Joseph Kabila has faded amid bitter controversy.
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