Democracy grabs hold of another war-torn nation...

[transplant99]

I know many are opposed to this process of government....but it will continue to spread because its the best of the bunch.

http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/nation...-election.html

[Vulcan]

Yeah, there's just to many of us who 'just hate freedom' around here, he he.

Good wishes to the Congo.

[octothorp]

Kabila's story is pretty incredible: After the country struggled through twenty years under a US-sponsored despot and then civil wars caused by regional powers fighting over control of the Congo's minerals, Kabila, himself a guerilla and the son of the former president, taking over when his father was assinated, and somehow being able to end the civil war and build concensus for a democratic government. Now comes the harder part, keeping democracy afloat in the face of internal and external factions that will try to gain control of the country.

[oldschoolcalgary]

good on Congo...nice to see people making strides towards democracy through the evolution of their country.

[Lanny_MacDonald]

Amazing what happens when the American backed dictator gets punted.