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| Parliament Approves Constitutional Amendments | |
Congo News Agency - January 16, 2011 | |
 | The amendments were approved during a joint session of the upper and the lower house of parliament. Out of 504 voters, 485 voted for the amendments, 8 voted against and 11 abstained. As had been the case when the amendments were considered in the National Assembly and the Senate, opposition MPs and Senators boycotted the vote. |
| Senate Votes on Constitutional Amendments | |
Congo News Agency - January 14, 2011 | |
 | The Senate voted on Thursday on a bill that will amend the Constitution to limit future presidential elections to a single round of voting and increase presidential powers. Of 81 senators present during the vote, 71 voted for the bill, with 1 voting against and 9 abstaining. Opposition senators boycotted the vote. |
| China, DR Congo see great potentials for further cooperation | |
Xinhua - January 13, 2011 | |
 | Visiting Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu met in Kinshasa on Wednesday with President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo with both saying that there are great potentials for further cooperation between the two countries. |
| Opposition MPs Walk Out Vote on Constitutional Amendment | |
Congo News Agency - January 12, 2011 | |
 | Opposition MPs walked out in protest on Tuesday before a vote on a controversial bill that, if approved, will amend the Constitution to limit presidential elections to just one round of voting and increase presidential powers. |
| Opposition Mounts Against Proposed Change to Electoral Law | |
Congo News Agency - January 10, 2011 | |
 | The leaders of the main opposition parties met in Kinshasa on Sunday and vowed to put up a united front against a government proposal to limit presidential elections to just one round of voting. |
| UN Report: CNDP, Congolese Soldiers Involved in Illegal Mining Operations | |
Congo News Agency - November 30, 2010 | |
 | A report by a group of experts monitoring UN sanctions on the Democratic Republic of Congo has implicated former CNDP soldiers, now part of the Congolese Armed Forces, in the illegal exploitation of mineral resources in eastern Congo. The report says that “units of the former Congrès national pour la défense du peuple (CNDP) in FARDC have gained military control over most of the strategic areas rich in natural resources in the Kivus, presenting a challenge to their integration into FARDC.” |
| UN Security Council renews DR Congo sanctions | |
UN News Service - November 29, 2010 | |
 | The Security Council today extended for another year the arms embargo and other sanctions it imposed on the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and requested Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to renew the mandate of the group of experts tasked with monitoring the measures. |
| Bemba Supporters Say War Crimes Trial is Political | |
VOA News - November 23, 2010 | |
 | Supporters of former Congolese rebel leader and former vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba say his war crimes trial is politically motivated. He faces two counts of crimes against humanity and three counts of war crimes before the International Criminal Court in The Hague. |
| Expulsions mark rising tensions over resources | |
IRIN - October 28, 2010 | |
 | Angola's "very violent" expulsion of about 200 Democratic Republic of Congo nationals from its territory this month is a sign of the increasing "bad blood" between the neighbours that analysts believe revolves around border demarcations and conflicting claims to resources, particularly oil. |
| Women March against Sexual Violence in Eastern Congo | |
Congo News Agency - October 17, 2010 | |
 | First Lady Olive Lembe Kabila led a march by thousands of women through the streets of Bukavu, in eastern Congo, on Sunday. They were marching against the sexual violence – and violence in general – that has plagued the region, where rape has been used as a weapon of war by armed groups for years. |
