Congo’s Catholic church says data show clear election winner

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The Catholic church in Congo says its data show a clear winner in Sunday’s presidential election, and it calls on the electoral commission to publish the true results in “respect of truth and justice.”
The church deployed some 40,000 electoral observers. Congo’s electoral regulations forbid anyone but the electoral commission to announce results.
Observers have reported multiple irregularities as the country voted for a successor to departing