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| In DRC Election, Imposed Son Faces Off Against Rebel | |
VOA News - October 28, 2006 | |
 | Sunday in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a military-installed son of a coup leader faces off against a former Uganda-backed rebel in a run-off election for president. VOA's Nico Colombant profiles the two candidates, Joseph Kabila and Jean-Pierre Bemba. Both have said they will accept the results, whatever the outcome. |
| The Congolese people won't accept a return to violence and destruction | |
Monuc - October 27, 2006 | |
 | The International Committee in Support of the Transition (CIAT*) invites the Congolese to participate en masse in the presidential and provincial elections on 29 October, 2006 and states that neither the Congolese people nor the international community will accept a return to violence and destruction in the country. |
| Election Observers in DRC Comment on Preparations for Sunday's Run-Off Vote | |
VOA News - October 27, 2006 | |
 | Election officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo are making final preparations before Sunday's presidential run-off election. Thousands of observers have deployed across the country to monitor the vote. |
| DRC Analysts Fear Election Outcome | |
VOA News - October 27, 2006 | |
 | The large United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo has presented Sunday's run-off presidential election as a major historical breakthrough. But analysts still fear the outcome of the election. |
| UN Peacekeepers Free Ally of DRC's President from Rival Soldiers | |
VOA News - October 27, 2006 | |
 | An ally of Congolese President Joseph Kabila has been freed from a radio station where he was trapped by soldiers loyal to the president's rival. United Nations peacekeepers freed Francois Mobutu Nzanga from his makeshift prison in the northern town of Gbadolite Friday. |
| I will not fight if I lose election - Bemba | |
IRIN - October 27, 2006 | |
 | Congolese Vice-President Jean-Pierre Bemba has said he will not return to war if he loses in a free and fair second-round presidential poll due on Sunday. "I will accept the decision of the ballot," he said on Thursday in the capital, Kinshasa. |
| DR Congo leader's ally 'trapped' | |
BBC News - October 26, 2006 | |
 | A key ally of DR Congo's President Joseph Kabila is trapped in an armed stand-off ahead of Sunday's election, according to UN sources. Nzanga Mobutu, son of late Congolese ruler Mobutu Sese Seko, was campaigning on behalf of President Kabila in Gbadolite, in the north of the country. |
| DRC Candidate Cancels Rally Following Violence | |
VOA News - October 26, 2006 | |
 | Former rebel leader and presidential candidate in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Jean-Pierre Bemba, has canceled a stadium rally, following violence in the capital city, Kinshasa. He is facing current president, Joseph Kabila, in Sunday's run-off election. |
| Nine Inmates Wounded in Prison Clash With Congo Police | |
VOA News - October 26, 2006 | |
 | Prisoners and guards clashed in a Congolese prison Thursday, one day after a group of inmates escaped from the facility. The prison director says at least nine inmates were injured, three of them seriously, as guards moved to quell a riot at the prison in Congo's capital Kinshasa. |
| Congolese Express Regret, Offer Excuses Following Debate Cancellation | |
VOA News - October 26, 2006 | |
 | A live televised debate was supposed to take place Thursday night between the two candidates in the Democratic Republic of Congo's October 29, post-war election. But, instead, Congolese are expressing disappointment and the rival political camps are trading accusations, after the debate's cancellation. |
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