Frustration and delays hits Congo for Presidential Election

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People in Congo have begun voting in a long-delayed presidential election that could bring the troubled country’s first peaceful, democratic transfer of power.

In the capital, voters who turned out early were met with a violent storm that knocked out the power in two polling stations visited by Reuters.

Hours after the election began, scores of polling stations had yet to open, the electoral commission chief confirmed Sunday, as he faced shouts of “We wanted to vote!” and frustrated people walked away.

Delays were reported in other polling stations in the capital, Kinshasa, and other parts of this vast country.

Adding to that fear of unrest is a last-minute decision to bar an estimated 1 million people from voting because of a deadly Ebola virus outbreak in the east. The decision has been widely criticized as threatening the credibility of the election.