Democratic Republic of Congo Actually Democratic?

It seems they actually pulled off an election there for the first time since they were a Dutch colony. Now there will be a runoff election between Joseph Kabila and Jean-Pierre Bemba.

Kabila, the young former soldier who inherited the presidency from his
father following his assassination in 2001, won a landslide victory in the east,
where life proceeded normally after the vote. Congolese here in the east call
Kabila "Le Pacificateur," crediting him with bringing an end to years of brutal
conflict in which an estimated 3.9 million people died.

In Kinshasa and elsewhere in the west, Kabila is un- popular. He speaks Swahili,
the language of the east, and has only a loose grasp of Lingala, the main
western language. Kabila's opponents branded him a foreigner during the campaign period.

Lots of gunfire later and maybe they will have an actual President of the Congo heading some kind of coalition government. This is Africa so almost anything from a Coup placing a dictatorship in charge, to a military takeover, to the country breaking into two parts could be in the offing. But let's hope democracy can actually take hold after 3.9 *million* people have died.