DRC towns vote in polls delayed by conflict, Ebola
Beni - Voters in Beni and Butembo, towns in northeastern DR Congo ravaged by conflict and an Ebola epidemic, took part in long-delayed elections on Sunday.
All three are opposition strongholds in the vast central African country, with a combined electorate of around one million.
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