Congo President Tshisekedi re-elected after contested poll

FILE PHOTO: Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) officials and polling agents gather to count and tally casted ballot papers at a polling centre following the Presidential election in Goma, North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo December 20, 2023. REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi/File Photo

KINSHASA (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has been re-elected for a second term after getting more than 73% of the vote in a Dec. 20 poll, the country's election commission CENI said on Sunday.

The declaration of the result follows days of opposition complaints about the way the election was conducted.