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| IEC: 18.2 % of the results have already been collected | |
Monuc - November 4, 2006 | |
 | The collecting of the ballot papers started in all the 62 compilation centers in the country, declared Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) president Apollinaire Malu Malu during a press conference held on 2 November 2006, in the presence of the president of the High Authority of the Media. |
| DRC's Election Results Make Its Neighbour Nervous | |
Monuc/IRIN - November 3, 2006 | |
 | The Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) anxious wait for the outcome of the presidential election run-off is putting its neighbour Zambia on edge where currency dealers are stocking up on kwacha, the local currency, and dumping the DRC's Congolese franc. |
| After the polls of 29 October, EUFOR resumes its patrols in Kinshasa city | |
Monuc - November 3, 2006 | |
 | European Force resumed its day and night patrols in the city since the closing of the polling stations, according to its spokesperson Lt. Colonel Thierry Fusalba, at a weekly press conference held in Kinshasa on 2 November, 2006. |
| EU observers: The polling day took place in remarkably calm atmosphere | |
Monuc - November 2, 2006 | |
 | The European Union Electoral Observation Mission (EU EOM) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo noted at a press conference held in Kinshasa on 1 November 2006, that the Election Day went off in order and with noticeable improvement in the operations transparency comparing to the first round elections. |
| Delayed presidential elections underway in Fataki | |
IRIN - November 2, 2006 | |
 | Close to 15,000 voters in Fataki, an area in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, began voting on Thursday in presidential elections after a four-day delay caused by riots in the area. |
| DRC Observers Seek Transparency in Vote Counting | |
VOA News - November 2, 2006 | |
 | Observers of Sunday's second-round presidential election in the Democratic Republic of Congo are pleading with electoral officials to ensure transparency in vote counting. The observers also criticized Congolese media for disseminating hate speech and biased coverage. |
| Polls repeated in volatile areas | |
IRIN - November 1, 2006 | |
 | Repeat elections have been conducted in parts of the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo's Ituri District following disturbances during Sunday's presidential polls.Speaking on Tuesday, the chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission, Apollinaire Malumalu, told IRIN that the disturbances had occurred in Fataki, 90 km northeast of Bunia, the main town in Ituri, after a soldier shot dead two polling clerks. |
| S. African Observers: No major incidents or irregularities with the voting process | |
Monuc - October 31, 2006 | |
 | At a press conference on 31 October 2006, the South African Observer Mission (SAOM) announced that the presidential and provincial elections "were conducted in a climate conducive for a democratic expression of the will of the people of the DRC," in the presence of the witnesses of the political parties as well as both the national and international observers. |
| The Secretary-General congratulates the people of the DR Congo | |
Monuc - October 31, 2006 | |
 | The Secretary-General congratulates the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on their peaceful participation in the second round of the presidential election and the elections for the provincial assemblies, which were held on 29 October. |
| Death penalty for soldier charged with killing poll officials | |
IRIN - October 31, 2006 | |
 | A military tribunal in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's northeastern district of Ituri sentenced a soldier to death on Tuesday for killing two polling clerks.Sergeant Innocent Mamale on Sunday shot dead the two clerks from the Independent Electoral Commission in Fataki, 90 kilometres from Bunia, the largest town in Ituri. |
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