DRC: African Union hopes for results "consistent with vote" A few days before the announcement of the results of the presidential elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a forum of observers and electoral commissions from the member countries of the SADC (Southern African Development Community), ICGLR (International Conference for the Great Lakes Region), ECCAS (Economic Community of Central African States) and the African Union deliver a preliminary assessment of the 30 December elections. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES