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Thousands flee Kinshasa fearing post-election violence
Some 3,000 people have fled across the border from Kinshasa fearing post-election violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, immigration officials in Brazzaville said on Sunday. Results from last week's vote are expected Tuesday.
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AFP - About 3,000 people have fled Kinshasa for Brazzaville, the capital of neighbouring Congo, fearing violence after elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo, an immigration official said Sunday.
"The number of people who arrived yesterday and today has crossed 3,000," said an immigration official in Brazzaville which lies on the other side of the Congo river from Kinshasa.
The official provided the figure to Congolese Interior Minister Zephirin Mboulou, who however stressed that it was not a "declared crisis situation".
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Monday's vote, just the second since back-to-back wars that gripped the DR Congo from 1996 to 2003, was marred by deadly rebel attacks and rioting, and the long wait for results has been filled with tensions.
President Joseph Kabila's chief rival, the veteran opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi, said Saturday he rejected early results showing the incumbent in the lead and warned that any "suicidal acts" by the government or the poll body would be matched with a response from his supporters.
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Comments (3)
disapointed
I am very disappoint in our country. why does everything has to end in pleople killing other people just because they voted or didnt vote for the person you liked? thats why elections run again and again so you get another chance to vote. people are just too caught on who is running instead of why he is running. well congo has too much hate. people are selfish cause they only want things for themselves to better lift up everyone. we will never get better. our country is poor already why waist the little we have to fight each? instead better peoples lives. think about it, in the united state everyone from everywhere has a say in the election. i bet congo will never be like that.
Imbécile
vous n'êtes que des cons. Et après vous allez venir pour nous donner une leçon de démocratie. Votre journaliste mérite d'être suspendu. Et puis vous allez nous parler de professionnalisme.
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thousands flee kinshasa fearing post-election violence
there is no true opposition in D.R.C and we ask E.tshisekedi to stop crying like a baby all the time. we wanted them to unite in one team with one candidate. they failed, they are selfish. kabila has won logically. we dont need blood. E.tshisekedi is always confused. this is not Mobutu era.
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