A number of electronic voting machines were destroyed in the fire which tore through a depot in Kinshasa overnight, says the Democratic Republic of Congo’s electoral commission. Officials are working to determine how many. The cause of the fire is still unclear.
These machines are controversial as many believe they could be used to rig the vote and a number of opposition candidates have been calling for them to be banned.
The election commission for now says the electoral process will continue, with polls in the vast country scheduled for 23 December.
