Fire destroys thousands of voting machines Congo

kinshasa - A fire in a warehouse in the capital of Congo, Kinshasa, has destroyed thousands of voting machines and ballot boxes that were to be used during the presidential elections on 23 December, said...

The fire put about 7000 voting machines in the ashes, about 70 percent of the equipment that had to be used for voting in Kinshasa, where more than 15 percent of the population of the country lives. As a result, the voting material for 19 of the 24 constituencies in the capital has been lost.