East-Kasai: Seven pollingstations set on fire, one dead many injured in province capital Mbuji-Mayi.
East-Kasai is a stronghold of UDPS(Union for Democracy and Social Progress). Etienne Tshisekedi leads the party and opposed the elections. He was Prime Minister under Mobutu, but never could realize anything as he was only a puppet in Mobutu's political game.
But in the diamond and copper-rich Kasai a man of influence and able to destabilize the whole process of democratisation. He has a personal(amateurish) website in 4 languages, also in Chinese(!) and with his basic statement "Democracy, Constitutional Freedom for All and Economic Progress. Strong alliance within the free world." you know which side he is on.

Other news:

• Thousands of Congolese nationals living in Burundi began crossing the border on Friday into the Democratic Republic of Congo in order to cast their ballots during elections.

• At least 1,300 international observers will be deployed all over the Democratic Republic of Congo during Sunday's elections, according to the United Nations Development Programme.

• Delegation of Euro-MP's meets lots of distrust, since  Louis Michel,European Commisioner responsible for Development and Humanitarian Aid, made declarations suggesting he supports Joseph Kabila for president.

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The struggle of man against tyranny is the struggle of memory against forgetting.(Kundera)