Congo Presidential Election Poll Opens

Voters in the Republic of Congo are going to the polls Sunday for the country's presidential election. On the eve of the vote, the government ordered telecom providers to block all service during Sunday's vote. Congo Interior Minister Raymond Zephirin Mboulou sent a letter to the country's two main telecom firms, saying that for reasons of national security, they are to block all communication, including text messages on both Sunday and Monday. The letter, copies of...

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