Hundreds mass in Congo capital as Kabila's mandate expires

By Aaron Ross and Tim Cocks KINSHASA (Reuters) - Hundreds of people gathered in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital, defying a ban on protests against the president's plans to stay in office past the end of his term on Monday. Security forces blocked access to Kinshasa University, facing off against groups waving red cards telling President Joseph Kabila to go, as time ticked down to the official close of his mandate at midnight. Militia fighters raided a jail in the eastern Congo city of