Tense Congo heads for first multi-party polls in 46 years
The Democratic Republic of Congo geared up yesterday for its first multi-party elections in 46 years of bloodstained post-colonial rule in a key step towards peace in volatile central Africa.
Head of state Joseph Kabila is the frontrunner in the presidential race in which pits him against former rebel leaders who waged a five-year war on the regime with the help of neighbouring states.
World leaders have called for calm after eight people were killed in the last push of a ruthless election campaign that ended on Friday night.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. A policeman guarding Azarias Ruberwa, a former rebel chief running for president, was shot dead on Friday night as his entourage exchanged fire with Kabila's security detail outside Kinshasa.
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