The victims, in the eastern state of South Kivu, include a policeman and an election official.

Campaigners for opposition candidate Felix Tshisekedi say the four deaths occurred during clashes at a polling station in the Walungu area.

Campaign director Vital Kamerhe says violence broke out after the electoral official was accused of trying to rig the vote in favour of Emmanuel Ramazini Shadary, the candidate championed by President Joseph Kabila in power for 17 years.

The angry crowd started fighting with police, leaving a policeman, and electoral official and two voters dead

The deaths occurred at an opposition stronghold near the cities of Beni and Butembo where voting was postponed until March. 

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The DRC authorities say a rebel boat was sunk and they insist they have control of the lake.

The fighting took place near to the lakeside city of Uvira.

Located near the Uganda border, it’s the second largest city in South Kivu province.

The rebels from the Mai-Mai Yakutumba militia attacked Congo government forces at the weekend Unrest has mounted across Congo since President Joseph Kabila refused to step down when his mandate expired last December.

Lake Tanganyika is hundreds of kilometers long. It also borders Burundi, Tanzania and Zambia.

Mai-Mai Yakutumba, formed in 2007 by local militiamen opposed to integration in Congo’s national army, has well-established gold smuggling networks on the lake.

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