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| Appeal for calm as country awaits poll result | |
IRIN - November 15, 2006 | |
 | Foreign envoys monitoring the elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Wednesday appealed for calm while armed forces patrolled the streets of the capital, Kinshasa, amid rising tension between supporters of presidential contenders Joseph Kabila and Jean-Pierre Bemba. |
| Bemba camp contests partial election results | |
Monuc - November 15, 2006 | |
 | The political office of the "Union pour la Nation" (UpN), the political platform that supports presidential candidate Jean Pierre Bemba, denounced on Tuesday November 14 2006 the partial results given by the IEC, and affirmed that Mr. Bemba is in the lead, with 52.5% of the 11,954,758 ballots cast. |
| 417 Kinshasa citizens sent on national service against their will | |
Monuc - November 14, 2006 | |
 | 417 people, including women, children and street children, who were arrested by the Congolese National Police (PNC) after the November 11 2006 unrest in Kinshasa, have been detained and will now be sent on national service against their will. |
| Police arrest 337 over Kinshasa clashes | |
IRIN - November 13, 2006 | |
 | Police in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), have arrested 337 people, including 87 children, over violence that rocked the city on Saturday, Interior Minister Denis Kalume said on Monday. |
| Kinshasa stays calm after Saturday's clashes | |
Monuc - November 13, 2006 | |
 | Kinshasa remains calm after the violence that erupted on Saturday November 11th 2006, in the central business district of Gombe, which involved the Congolese police and members of Vice President Bemba's security forces, and left four people dead. |
| Hundreds of Arrests Follow DRC Violence | |
VOA News - November 13, 2006 | |
 | Hundreds have been arrested in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the aftermath of deadly clashes Saturday surrounding preliminary election results.With only 10 percent of the vote left to be counted, and preliminary election results showing presidential incumbent Joseph Kabila leading with nearly 60 percent of the vote, supporters of his opponent, former rebel leader Jean-Pierre Bemba, are making accusations of election fraud. |
| Calm returns after sporadic gunfire | |
MISNA - November 11, 2006 | |
 | Despite the tension, calm appears to have returned to the Gombe quarter of Kinshasa, where there were isolated shooting incidents. The gunfire raised fears of a resumption of the clashes between militias tied to vice-president Bemba and president Kabila. |
| Fighting Breaks Out in Congo Capital | |
VOA News - November 11, 2006 | |
 | Clashes between fighters loyal to rival presidential candidates in the Democratic Republic of Congo left two civilians dead on Saturday as fresh partial election results showed the gap between the contenders narrowing |
| Monsengwo: We demand that no-one returns this country to war | |
Monuc - November 10, 2006 | |
 | William Swing, the UN Special Representative for the Secretary General in the DRC, met Archbishop Monsengwo, the president of the National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO), on Thursday November 9, 2006. After the meeting Archbishop Monsengwo gave his impressions on the DRC political situation, in an interview granted to MONUC's video unit. |
| Kabila Retains Lead in Partial Congo Election Results | |
VOA News - November 10, 2006 | |
 | The Democratic Republic of Congo's president, Joseph Kabila, has retained his lead in new partial results from last month's presidential run-off.The results issued Friday by Congo's electoral commission show Mr. Kabila with nearly 61 percent of the vote. The figures show Vice President and former rebel leader Jean Pierre Bemba trailing with nearly 40 percent. |
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