The DR Congo held fiercely contested general elections in late December 2018 after the incumbent, President Joseph Kabila, who ruled for 18 years, was constitutionally barred from running for a third term.
Mwishoni mwa mwezi Disemba mwaka jana Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo ilikuwa na uchaguzi mkuu uliokuwa na upinzani mkubwa baada ya Rais wa wakati huo Joseph Kabila kuitawala Kongo kwa miaka 18 na kukosa sifa kikatiba ya kugombea  nafasi ya urais kwa kipindi cha tatu.