i'm geeta guru-murthy. just a minutians are voting at polling stations in their first election since the fall of hosni mubarak in february. it follows a week of mass protests against military rule in the country. also voting going on today in the democratic republican of congo for the president and parliament there. the runup to the elections has been marred by violence and fears that the commission is not ready to actually hold the event. some 11 candidates are running for president and more than 18,000 candidates are standing for a place in the 500-seat parliament. let's go live to kinshasa. will ross is there. what's the turnout been like there today? what has the mood been like there today? >> well, it's been a fairly slow stream of people coming in. we had a heavy downpour here in kinshasa here early on, which kept many people away. but we're hearing some problems with the organization, but generally things seem to be going on ok. there were, of course, lots of rumors and speculation that the whole ele