Thursday 8 December 2011

Kabila likely the winner of Congo election (AP)

A supporter of Congolese opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi  is grabbed by a  Congolese riot police officer outside his candidate's headquarters in  Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Thursday  Dec. 8,  2011. Partial results issued by Congo's electoral commission overnight make it all but certain that President Joseph Kabila will be declared the winner, setting the stage for possible clashes between his backers and those loyal to the main opposition candidate. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)AP - After days of tension in Congo's capital as the nation awaits election results, traffic began to flow once more, women selling cassava leaves took up their usual positions on the sides of roads and a few international airlines allowed their planes to resume flights to Kinshasa on Thursday.



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