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Voters cast their ballots at a polling station in Goma, a day after a general election marred by widespread logistical problems that saw some polling stations around the Democratic Republic of Congo, either never open or open late and then shut down early. IMAGES
Voters begin casting their ballots at a polling center in Goma, for the high-risk Democratic Republic of Congo general elections. President Félix Tshisekedi is facing a fragmented opposition, as he vies for a second term. IMAGES
As the first polls open in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, voters in the capital Kinshasa have begun casting their ballots for the general elections. IMAGES
Supporters eagerly await the arrival of the incumbent presidential candidate Felix Tshisekedi for his final rally, in Kinshasa, on the last official day of campaigning in Dr Congo. An estimated 44 million voters are expected to cast their ballot in the presidential, parliamentary, provincial and municipal elections on 20 december, in the vast and impoverished central African nation of about 100 million people. IMAGES
Modeste Bahati Lukwebo is voted in as the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo's Senate. The Tshisekedi loyalist was the sole candidate for the seat. IMAGES
A first delivery of mpox vaccines is expected to arrive in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the coming days, the World Health Organization's chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says during a UN press briefing in Geneva. The WHO declared an international emergency over mpox on August 14, concerned by the surge in cases of a new strain, the Clade 1b, in the DR Congo and its spread to nearby countries. SOUNDBITE
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