Outgoing President Joseph Kabila has cast his vote in the election to choose his successor as head of the Democratic Republic of Congo. After seventeen years of rule Kabila is not allowed by the constitution to stand again - creating the prospect of the first ever democratic transfer of power in the former Belgian colony. Of the candidates to succeed him, Kabila's own choice, the country's former interior minister, is said to be trailing in opinion polls behind former Exxon Mobil manager Martin Fayulu. The opposition accuses the government of failing to distribute the fruits of economic growth across the 85 million population. It also fears possible vote rigging - three opposition dominated regions have already been barred from the poll, officially because of concerns over ethnic violence and the spread of ebola. Final results are not expected until January the 15th.
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