| DRC elections raise peace hopes for region | |
IRIN - December 11, 2006 | |
![]() | An international conference aimed at enhancing peace, security and development in Africa's Great Lakes Region is under way in Nairobi, with delegates expressing optimism that the elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo heralded an era of stability in the volatile region. |
| After four-year process, region is closer to peace | |
IRIN - December 11, 2006 | |
![]() | When preparations for the international conference on peace, security, democracy and development in the Great Lakes region began in 2003, United Nations and African Union (AU) officials were at pains to explain that this was a process, not just a meeting, that would take years to achieve. Four years later, the last of two state summits in this process is scheduled for 14-15 December in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital. |
| Annan, Security Council Urge Congolese to Work Together And Welcome New President | |
UN News - December 7, 2006 | |
![]() | United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today stressed the need for all Congolese to work together as he congratulated Joseph Kabila on his inauguration as President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) following the recent elections, the first democratic polls in the strife-torn country in more than 40 years. |
| Video: Joseph Kabila inauguration ceremony on 12.6.2006 | |
Monuc - December 7, 2006 | |
![]() | Joseph Kabila inauguration ceremony on 12.6.2006. |
| Kabila Sworn In as DRC's Elected President | |
VOA News - December 6, 2006 | |
![]() | Thirty-five-year-old Joseph Kabila has been sworn-in as the newly elected post-war president in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Wearing a dark suit and raising his right hand, Mr. Kabila said he would only be guided by general interest and act as a faithful servant of the people. The ceremony was held under tight security in Kinshasa. |
| High security in Kinshasa ahead of presidential inauguration | |
Monuc - December 5, 2006 | |
![]() | Security is high in Kinshasa ahead of the inauguration ceremony for newly elected DRC president Joseph Kabila, which will commence tomorrow at 11am on Wednesday December 5 2006 in the "Palais de la Nation". |
| More fighting breaks out in the east | |
IRIN - December 5, 2006 | |
| Renewed fighting broke out on Tuesday between dissident soldiers allied to a former army chief and the regular army in the eastern province of North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo. | |
| Bemba condemns poll ruling but ready to lead opposition | |
IRIN - November 29, 2006 | |
![]() | The loser in Congo's presidential election, Jean-Pierre Bemba, said on Tuesday that while he disagreed with the Supreme Court's endorsement of rival Joseph Kabila as winner, he would lead the opposition. |
| Former DRC Rebel Concedes Election Defeat | |
VOA News - November 29, 2006 | |
![]() | Former rebel leader Jean-Pierre Bemba has conceded defeat in the presidential election in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The winner, Joseph Kabila, son of an assassinated former coup leader, will be inaugurated next week. |
| Jean-Pierre Bemba to join the opposition | |
MISNA - November 29, 2006 | |
![]() | "In the name of the higher interest of the nation and with a concern to preserve peace and avoid the country's collapse in chaos and violence...I take responsibility and commit to lead a string republican opposition": so said Jean-Pierre Bemba. |