Congo: A Tale of Two Presidents

Congo's national electoral commission has declared incumbent President Joseph Kabila the winner of the country's presidential election, but his leading challenger Étienne Tshisekedi, says that he has won and that he will consider himself the country's president from now on. Even the conservative International Crisis Group, an organization of international capital managers, former heads of government, foreign ministers, generals, high level officials, and international lawyers, have said that - quote - "the UN, donors and regional leaders must avoid statements that could legitimize a badly flawed vote and destroy what is left of their credibility in the Congo." "No leader," they also said, "should be congratulated until all disputes are resolved."