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| DRC Supreme Court Burns Amid Poll Challenge | |
VOA News - November 21, 2006 | |
 | U.N. peacekeepers and firefighters in the Democratic Republic of Congo have rushed to the Supreme Court to contain violence after clashes and a fire broke out. The court is considering a complaint of fraud by the apparent loser in the Oct. 29 presidential election, former rebel leader Jean-Pierre Bemba. |
| A MONUC blue helmet hero in Kinshasa | |
Monuc - November 20, 2006 | |
 | During the confrontations of November 11, 2006, in front of the residence of vice-president J.P. Bemba, the Uruguayan corporal Correa of MONUC, showed courage and devotion while saving the life of a woman and her four children. |
| DRC Presidential Runner-Up Challenges Election Results | |
VOA News - November 18, 2006 | |
 | Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba has filed a legal challenge to the results of last month's presidential runoff election won by incumbent President Joseph Kabila. |
| Security Council urges DR Congo presidential candidates to use law for any challenges | |
UN News Service - November 18, 2006 | |
 | 17 November 2006 - The Security Council today added its voice to the chorus of United Nations calls for the two candidates and their supporters in the run-off presidential election in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to avoid acts of violence after the release of provisional results and to use the law only to settle any challenges. |
| EU electoral observer mission gives its findings | |
Monuc/MOE UE - November 17, 2006 | |
 | The European Union Electoral Observer Mission (MOE UE) gave a press conference this Friday November 17 2006 in Kinshasa where they gave their findings of the elements collected by its observers on the ground, and the figures compiled by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC). |
| Bemba rejects poll results | |
IRIN - November 17, 2006 | |
 | Jean-Pierre Bemba, challenger to President Joseph Kabila, has rejected the provisional results of the run-off presidential poll announced by the Democratic Republic of Congo's Independent Electoral Commission. |
| Challenger Bemba Rejects Congo Election Results | |
VOA News - November 16, 2006 | |
 | Jean-Pierre Bemba, the loser of Congo's presidential election said Thursday he will use all legal means to fight the results - a signal that the former rebel leader does not intend to use the force of hundreds of armed troops at his disposal. |
| Joseph Kabila elected new president of DRC | |
Monuc - November 16, 2006 | |
 | On Wednesday evening November 15 2006, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) announced the provisional results that make Joseph Kabila the new president of the DRC, with 58.05% of the votes, against a total of 41.95% of the votes for his presidential rival Jean Pierre Bemba. |
| Kabila wins presidential election | |
IRIN - November 16, 2006 | |
 | The Democratic Republic of Congo's Independent Electoral Commission has declared Joseph Kabila winner of a run-off presidential poll that marked the end of the country's three-year transition to democracy. |
| Kabila Declared Winner in Congo's Presidential Election | |
VOA News - November 16, 2006 | |
 | The Democratic Republic of Congo's incumbent President Joseph Kabila has won the country's first free and open presidential election in more than four decades. In results released late Wednesday, Mr. Kabila garnered 58 percent of ballots cast.Apolinnaire Malumalu, president of the Independent Electoral Commission, responding to allegations of election fraud It was on state-owned television |
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