DRCongo vote delayed until 30 December after fire
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(20 Dec 2018) The electoral commission of the Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday delayed the long-awaited presidential election until 30 December, citing problems caused by "technical constraints" in Kinshasa province. The vote had been scheduled for Sunday, but preparations were complicated by a recent fire which destroyed 80 percent of the voting machines in the capital. The commission said officials had found enough voting machines for Kinshasa, but five million new ballots still needed to be printed. The delay is the latest of several in an election originally scheduled for late 2016, amid opposition concerns that President Joseph Kabila was finding ways to stay in power. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/10397ec747498d32a1385b84d57b87dc
