We are fed up with the regime of Kabila.”Félix Tshisekedi, another opposition candidate, said that some polling stations in Kinshasa had not even opened six hours after voting began. Tshisekedi’s supporters went further, claiming the delays were a deliberate attempt to diminish the opposition vote. DRC activists risk arrest to encourage voting in delayed election Read moreHuge queues formed outside polling stations in Limete, an opposition stronghold in Kinshasa, where voting had not started by mid-afternoon. Elsewhere, observers were blocked from polling stations. In Masisi territory, militia fighters were also reported around polling sites, pressuring people to vote for their preferred candidates.

Source: The Guardian December 30, 2018 17:53 UTC