KINSHASA, CONGO—Delays and confusion 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. Nearly 50 polling stations in the capital, Kinshasa, were idle for hours because lists of registered voters had not been delivered, electoral commission chief Corneille Nangaa told The Associated Press. ( MARCO LONGARI / AFP/GETTY IMAGES )He brought some of the lists to polling stations himself, amid angry shouts of “We wanted to vote!” from people waiting in long lines. The decision has been widely criticized as threatening the credibility of the election and putting health workers in danger as people protest. In Kinshasa, one polling official worried that the machines would run out of battery power.

Source: thestar December 30, 2018 13:30 UTC