<span style="color: #222222;">In Congo, the results of last week's Presidential polls could not be published today despite growing calls for the outcome to be announced. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The head of the Electoral Commission said, this was due to less than half the ballots had arrived.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Catholic Church, which fielded thousands of observers, said on Thursday there was a clear winner. It called for the result to be made public to avoid political unrest.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Church had been vocal in its opposition to the extension of President Joseph Kabila's rule. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He is stepping down after 17 years in office and has promised Congo's first orderly transfer of power since it gained independence from Belgium in 1960.</span>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><br />''</p>