The blaze came after three people were killed on Wednesday in clashes with police on the sidelines of an opposition rally in eastern DR Congo. The fire broke out around 2am in a building where election materials were being kept, the head of the Independent National Election Commission (CENI) said. On Wednesday, clashes erupted in Kalemie, a town on Lake Tanganyika, as opposition candidate Martin Fayulu was campaigning there. Two witnesses said live rounds were fired after the opposition candidate arrived and headed to the rally venue. On Tuesday, two of Fayulu's supporters were killed and 43 hurt in clashes at a rally in Lubumbashi, the Democratic Republic of Congo's second-largest city.

Source: Daily Nation December 13, 2018 08:03 UTC