Election is bitter for many in Congo
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For many people in the heart of this African nation, Sunday was no day to celebrate the country's first democratic vote in decades. Instead, they stayed away from the polls &#151; either heeding an opposition leader's boycott call or afraid of young men armed with stones.
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President Joseph Kabila called on Congo's citizens Friday to shun violence during this weekend's historic elections, telling thousands of cheering supporters that their votes can bring peace to the Central African country. But unrest continued ahead of Sunday's vote, with a presidential candidate claiming one his armed guards died and another was injured when Kabila's security forces fired on them.
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The second round of DR Congo's landmark elections is thrown into confusion after a Supreme Court ruling.
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Gunmen opened fire on an election rally and killed several people in Congo's volatile east, the United Nations reported Wednesday, the latest outburst of violence as the nation prepares for its first free legislative and presidential balloting in 46 years.
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The corruption-tainted president is still favored to win reelection, but his failure to gain a majority in the first round has shaken him
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Rival factions in Congo&#39;s postwar army battled in the eastern region of the vast nation Saturday, killing several people, a top military official said.
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As citizens head to the polls here Sunday in a presidential election marked by a bitter struggle between a pro-Western and a Russia-oriented candidate, retired nurse Ludmila
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Joseph Kabila is to be inaugurated in DR Congo, following one of Africa's most significant elections for years.
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As the country prepares for local elections on Sunday, many are finding that the murder and intimidation that once defined politics here are diminishing.
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President Joseph Kabila's lead Saturday in Congo's historic presidential election was below the majority needed to avoid a runoff, a day before the deadline for a preliminary tally of votes.
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Romanians are voting in what are expected to be close elections for a new president and parliament. The governing ex-communists are facing a strong challenge from a new centrist opposition alliance.
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There appears to be a lull in the fighting Monday as top regional officials and a delegation from Congo&#39;s capital tour parts of eastern Congo destroyed by recent fighting.
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Millions of Congolese voted in the country's first multiparty election in four decades Sunday, the culmination of years of postwar transition that many pray will herald stability for the tumultuous central Africa region that Congo anchors.
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Second place might be good enough for the former rebel trailing President Joseph Kabila in Congo's historic election &#151; at least this time around.
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Mozambique&#39;s long-time President Joaquim Chissano expressed surprise on Thursday at the abysmal turnout in elections to choose his successor, and blamed the poor showing on widespread illiteracy and ignorance of political systems.
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Zambians describe their voting experiences as they go to the polls in their country's fourth multi-party presidential and general elections.
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Rival factions of Congo&#39;s army battled in the eastern region of the vast country Saturday, killing several people, a top military official said.