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Two elections held, four more to go

IRIN - August 1, 2006

Congo - ElectionsThe Democratic Republic of Congo's first democratic elections since 1960 were held on Sunday for the presidency and parliament but the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) must now prepare for four more elections between October and January 2007.
DRC Election Officials Working Overtime to Prepare Results

VOA News - July 31, 2006

Elections officials counting votesElection officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo are working around the clock to prepare results from most polling centers in the country's first election in more than 40 years. Voting is continuing in one central mining area, where anti-vote militants disrupted the process Sunday. Final results will not be available until the end of August.
DR Congo holds watershed general elections

Xinhua - July 30, 2006

Congolese woman waiting to voteThe Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Sunday is holding its first democratic presidential and legislative elections since independence more than four decades ago, hoping to turn a new page for the war-devastated nation.
Vote Counting Starts in Congo Amid Tension

VOA News - July 30, 2006

Official counting votesVote counting has started in the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo amid renewed tension over the outcome in the country's first open election in over 40 years. There was some rioting in a mining town, causing voting to be postponed there, but no widespread violence.
Congolese Vote in First Open Election in Four Decades

VOA News - July 30, 2006

Joseph Kabila - Election DayUnder the whizzing of helicopters many polling centers opened late, but turnout appeared substantial. Voting was slow, but orderly.
Congo Conducts Historic Vote

AP - July 30, 2006

Voters await their turn to cast ballotsMillions of Congolese voted in the country's first multiparty election in four decades Sunday, the culmination of years of postwar transition that many pray will herald stability for the tumultuous central Africa region that Congo anchors.
Vote starts with good turnout

IRIN - July 30, 2006

Congolese in line to voteIn the first democratic elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in more than 40 years, people started lining up early in the morning in many voting stations in Kinshasa and the east.
Congolese Hope For The Best, Brace For The Worst

VOA News - July 29, 2006

Elections - ProtestOn the eve of the Democratic Republic of Congo's first open election in over forty years, many Congolese are hoping for the best, but bracing for the worst.  Many are worried about the outcome of the post-war election, once results are announced.
Elections all ready, says UN

IRIN - July 29, 2006

Monuc - ElectionsThe first round of the biggest elections the United Nations has ever supported are on track for Sunday, a United Nations (UN) military spokesman announced in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Finding an end to violence

IRIN - July 28, 2006

Elections protestA significant number of combatants from the various conflicts in Congo since 1996 have still not disarmed and many continue to destabilise the country, despite the signing of a comprehensive peace agreement in 2002.



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