Envoys caught in crossfire as election spirals into violence - Times Online

by Jonathan Clayton UN appeals for calm after rivals’ guards clash before Congo’s presidential run-off A GUN battle erupted yesterday in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, around a house where foreign envoys were meeting one of two candidates who now face a run-off in the vast country’s historic elections. It was the second firefight reported since the announcement on Sunday night that President Kabila had failed to score an outright victory in the first round ...