KINSHASA, Congo — Lengthy delays were reported across Congo on Sunday, marring the presidential election the country hoped would be its first peaceful, democratic transfer of power since independence in 1960. Tshisikedi, after voting in the afternoon, said that some polling stations in Kinshasa had not even opened six hours after voting began. The Catholic church’s election observer mission in Congo says it has received 544 reports of malfunctioning voting machines. Nangaa brought some of the lists to polling stations himself, amid angry shouts of “We wanted to vote!” from people waiting in long lines. Congo’s more than 40 million registered voters are using electronic voting machines with touch screens for the first time amid opposition concerns that the results could be manipulated.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 30, 2018 16:07 UTC