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DRC Prepares
for Run-off Elections
Africans Risk Their Lives to Get to Yemen
UN Blue Helmets Patrol Cote d'Ivoire/Liberia Borde
The people in the DR Congo are counting
down to the presidential run-off elections
on Sunday. The head of the UN Mission, William
Swing, is optimistic about the conduct of the
election:
"We anticipate it will be very similar to
the election of 30 July which took place in calm
circumstances without any major incidents.
Hundreds of Africans from the Horn
of Africa continue make the dangerous voyage across
the Gulf of Aden to Yemen in search of a better
life. UNHCR Spokesman Ron Redmond says the people
talk about horrific expericnes at sea.  "Passengers
on one boat reported that five Ethiopians were
beaten by the smugglers, thrown overboard and
attacked by sharks in view of the others on the
vessel"
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The
counting of votes continues in the Democratic Republic
of the Congo following the run-off presidential elections
last Sunday. The deputy head of the UN Mission in the
country Ross Mountain says that although there were
minor incidents, the election went well."It
took place despite the rain in an atmosphere of considerable
calm. It was an extraordinary achievement."
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