The Democratic Republic of Congo's landmark elections are not going as smoothly as was hoped. Gunfire erupted in Kanshasa after officials announced that President Joseph Kabila had failed to win an outright majority in the country's first free election in more than four decades. An Oct. 29 runoff is scheduled between Kabila and former rebel leader Jean-Pierre Bemba.
Renee Montagne talks to David Lewis, a reporter for the Reuters news agency.
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