Mohammed Omer Mulla

Provisional results put him ahead of another opposition candidate, Martin Fayulu, and the ruling coalition's Emmanuel Shadary. If confirmed, Mr Tshisekedi will be the first opposition challenger to win since the DR Congo gained independence. Current President Joseph Kabila is stepping down after 18 years in office. He had promised DR Congo's first orderly transfer of power since the country's independence from Belgium in 1960. The election outcome was initially expected to be announced on Sunday. The interim result can still be challenged. In the early hours of Thursday the head of DR Congo's National Electoral Commission (Ceni), Corneille Nangaa, said Mr Tshisekedi had received 38.5% of the vote and had been "provisionally declared the elected president". The full results were, with turnout reportedly 48%:- §     Felix Tshisekedi - 7 million votes §   Martin Fayulu - 6.4 million votes §   Emmanuel Shadary - 4.4 million votes Mr Tshisekedi,

Mr. Said Abdullahi Deni and Mr. Ahmed Elmi Karash were elected as President and Vice-President of Puntland, respectively, on Tuesday in Garowe town. The deputy chief of UN mission UNSOM, who is also UN Deputy Special Representative in the country, Raisedon Zenenga, congratulated the electoral commission for organizing and conducting a transparent, peaceful, free and fair electoral process. "We look forward to working closely with the administration of President Deni in Puntland," said Mr. Zenenga in a  statement . "We also commend outgoing President Abdiweli Mohamed Ali 'Gaas' and his administration for overseeing a peaceful transfer of power and for establishing conditions that enabled the electoral commission to conduct a successful electoral process”, he added. Mr. Zenenga is the Officer-in-Charge of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia ( UNSOM ), following the decision by the Somali Federal Government last week to expel the Special Re