“The fire destroyed polling materials in Congo-Kinshasa”
“7 000 rösträkningsmaskiner have been destroyed in a fire in election commission premises in the democratic republic of the Congo, with ten days left to the presidential elections. It is equivalent to 70 percent of the country’s rösträkningsmaskiner.”
“the Election commission announces that elections will be held as planned on december 23. You should then appoint a successor to Joseph Kabila, who ruled the country since 2001.”
“It is unclear how the fire started, but the run-up to the election has been marked by violence. On Wednesday, broke riots out in Kalemie when oppositionskandidaten Martin Fayulu valtalade there. On Tuesday killed two of Fayulus followers and 43 wounded at a rally in Lubumbashi, the country’s second largest city.”