DRC Landmark Election

A pile of presidential and legislative ballot papers sit unattended on the ground of a compound outside a polling station in Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa. First results emerged from the Democratic Republic of Congo's chaotic elections o

A member of the Congolese national army stands guard outside the "Sapin 2" cemetery in Lubumbashi. The armed forces have been deployed following several attacks in the city which disrupted voting today, with reports of two policemen killed at a voting ce

Democratic Republic of Congo opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi, also leader of Democratic Republic of Congo's "Union for Democracy and Social Progress" (UDPS) and presidential candidate, casts his ballot in a polling station in Kinshasa, November 28, 2

Supporters of oppositions candidate Etienne Tshisekedi parade what they claim are badly printed fraudulent photocopies of election ballots they say they found in the Bandal commune in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, November 28, 2011. (AP)

Congolese queue to vote at a polling station in Goma during the presidential and legislative elections on November 28, 2011. (AFP)

Voters check for their names on lists at the Monseigneur Moke school polling station in the Matonge district in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, November 28, 2011. (AP)

Congolese president Joseph Kabila casts his ballot in the country's presidential election at a polling station in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, November 28, 2011. (AP)

A woman carries her 56-page parliamentary ballot with 18,500 candidates to a ballot box at a polling station in Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa, November 28, 2011. (Reuters)

Many people have come to the polling stations to check their names against the lists of registered voters, ahead of the election, November 27, 2011. (AFP)

The convoy of Democratic Republic of Congo's incumbent President is surrounded by supporters as he arrives at the Ndolo airport in Kinshasa, November 26, 2011. (AFP)

A line of riot police advances against opposition UDPS supporters outside N'Djili airport in Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa, November 26, 2011. (Reuters)

President of Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) Ngoy Mulunda speaks during a technical meeting in Kinshasa, November 27, 2011. (AFP)

A supporter of incumbent president Joseph Kabila shows a card of the candidate, marked also with the number of this supporter's candidate for the legislatives in Lubumbashi, November 26, 2011. (AFP)

Democratic Republic of Congo's incumbent President Joseph Kabila (2ndR) gestures as he arrives at the N'dolo airport in Kinshasa, November 26, 2011. (AFP)