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Explainer: What's at stake in Congo's presidential election?

Former Congolese interior minister Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary (L) and Felix Tshisekedi (2-L) leader of Congolese main opposition. [Courtesy]

Democratic Republic of Congo will vote on Dec. 23 in a long-delayed election that could enable the vast Central African country’s first democratic transfer of power since independence from Belgium in 1960.

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