THE Democratic Republic of Congo’s electoral authority said on Thursday presidential elections would be delayed to 2018, angering opposition leaders who are demanding President Joseph Kabila step down this year.The commission "hasn’t called elections in 2016 because the number of voters isn’t known", Norbert Basengezi Katintima, vice-president of the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI), said on Thursday in Pretoria. Voter registration has started in some parts of the country, and the commission will update the voter list in July 2017, he said.Congo is Africa’s biggest copper producer. Presidential elections had been scheduled to take place in November, but were delayed because authorities said they were not ready. Opposition parties have accused Kabila, in power since 2001 and whose current mandate ends in December, of delaying the vote to remain in office.Talks between the government and a small number of opposition parties led by Union for Congolese Nation President V...
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