The United States on Wednesday recognized Felix Tshisekedi as the next president of DR Congo, casting aside concerns over the election as it hailed a historic peaceful transfer of power. The United States joins the African Union and European Union in signaling they were ready to work with Tshisekedi, showing no appetite to prolong uncertainties in the violence-prone country despite rival Martin Fayulu's allegations of widespread fraud. "The United States welcomes the Congolese Constitutional Court's certification of Felix Tshisekedi as the next president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo," State Department spokesman Robert Palladino said in a statement a day before the former opposition leader is set to be inaugurated.

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