By John Solomon
How the government's punishing of the exposure of official wrongdoing can linger for years
Congolese voters went to the polls Monday in their country's second set of multiparty elections in more than four decades, despite a voting process marred by violence and disorganization.
Jean-Claude Shuma, an engineer, said Congo - reeling from poverty, war, disease and widespread sexual violence - needs political change above all else.
"We are here to vote because we need a president who can lead this country," he said. "Our parents had no work and we have no work."
