In DR Congo, four people including a police officer and an electoral official were killed today in eastern South-Kivu province as the country voted in presidential elections, the campaign of opposition candidate Felix Tshisekedi said.

The officer and official were killed along with two civilians during clashes at a polling station in the Walungu area, campaign director Vital Kamerhe told AFP.  He said the violence broke out after the electoral official was accused of trying to rig the vote in favour of Emmanuel Ramazini Shadary, the candidate championed by President Joseph Kabila in power for 17 years.

The election gives the DRC the chance for its first peaceful transfer of power since it gained independence from Belgium in 1960.