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| World Court Begins Hearings Against Alleged Congo Warlord | |
VOA News - November 9, 2006 | |
 | Judges at the International Criminal Court in The Hague began hearing evidence for the first time, as prosecutors began laying out their case against a Congolese militia leader. Thomas Lubanga is accused of recruiting children to fight a brutal war in the northeast of the country. For VOA, Lauren Comiteau is following the confirmation proceedings and has more from Amsterdam. |
| Congo Opposition Alleges Cheating in Vote Count | |
VOA News - November 9, 2006 | |
 | The main opposition coalition in the Democratic Republic of Congo says it has found evidence of cheating in the election vote count.The Union for the Nation Coalition, which backs former rebel leader Jean-Pierre Bemba, says its vote count differs from partial results released this week by the electoral commission. |
| Kabila, Bemba meet in efforts to maintain calm | |
IRIN - November 8, 2006 | |
 | Congolese presidential contenders Joseph Kabila and Jean-Pierre Bemba have met in the capital, Kinshasa, in a bid to ensure that calm prevails when the results of the run-off election are announced, a spokesman for Kabila said on Wednesday. |
| Video: Joseph Kabila and Jean-Pierre Bemba meet on November 7, 2006 | |
Présidence - November 7, 2006 | |
 | Joseph Kabila and Jean-Pierre Bemba meet on November 7, 2006 (Watch video) |
| US Ambassador: No one has the right to threaten order, security and stability in the DRC | |
Monuc - November 7, 2006 | |
 | The Ambassador of the United States in the DRC, Roger Meece, talks about the US sanctions against violators of the arms embargo and against those recruiting child soldiers and takes stock of the electoral process. |
| The IEC has collected 71 % of the results | |
Monuc - November 7, 2006 | |
 | In a press release dated 6 November 2006, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) informed that the results from 35,542 out of 50,045 polling and counting stations have been collected, that is 71% of the total. |
| Kabila, Bemba tell African statesmen they will accept poll results | |
IRIN - November 6, 2006 | |
 | Congolese President Joseph Kabila and challenger Jean-Pierre Bemba have assured four former African leaders that they would accept the run-off election results due to be announced before 19 November, one of the statesman said. |
| Kabila Ahead in DRCongo Vote Amid Appeals for Calm | |
VOA News - November 5, 2006 | |
 | In the Democratic Republic of Congo, transitional President Joseph Kabila is in the lead in early vote-counting, but election officials insist this should not lead to any projections. Former African leaders have appealed to Mr. Kabila and his opponent, former rebel leader Jean Pierre Bemba, to avoid violence during and after the release of results from last week's presidential election. |
| 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. |
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