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| 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. |
| Congo's candidate debate scrapped | |
Monuc\BBC - October 26, 2006 | |
 | A debate between the two presidential candidates in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been cancelled ahead of this Sunday's final round vote. Incumbent President Joseph Kabila and his challenger Jean-Pierre Bemba failed to agree on the terms of the debate. |
| UN Makes Peace Appeal to Congo's Candidates | |
VOA News - October 25, 2006 | |
 | The U.N. mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo is urging rival candidates to denounce violence and promote discipline ahead of a runoff presidential vote October 29. Campaigning has been marked by the public absence of the two candidates and recurrent clashes between rival supporters. |
| Two of Kabila's killers recaptured | |
IRIN - October 25, 2006 | |
 | Two of the men convicted of killing President Laurent-Desire Kabila, who escaped from jail on Tuesday, have been recaptured, a military officer, who requested anonymity, said on Wednesday. |
| Kabila Murder Convicts Escape From Congo Jail | |
VOA News - October 24, 2006 | |
 | As many as 14 prisoners sentenced in the 2001 assassination of former Congolese President Laurent Kabila have escaped from a Kinshasa jail. |
| UN and European security forces vigilant ahead of presidential run-off | |
IRIN - October 24, 2006 | |
 | As presidential rivals Joseph Kabila and Jean-Pierre Bemba prepare for an electoral run-off in the Congo on Sunday, the two international forces in charge of security during the polls, say they are ready to quell any violence that erupts. |
| European Force Commanders in DRC Remain Optimistic | |
VOA News - October 23, 2006 | |
 | European rapid reaction force commanders in the Democratic Republic of Congo say they believe the second-round presidential run-off Sunday will have a much more peaceful outcome than the first round, when results were followed by deadly clashes in the capital. |
| Clashes, Suspicion Mark DRC Campaigning | |
IRIN - October 22, 2006 | |
 | In the Democratic Republic of Congo, recurrent clashes and criticism of police have marked early campaigning for the second-round post-war presidential run-off to be held October 29. |
| EU Boosts Troop Level in DRC Ahead of Run-Off Vote | |
VOA News - October 20, 2006 | |
 | The European Union plans to bring more peacekeeping troops to Kinshasa ahead of Congo's upcoming presidential run-off election.A spokesman for the EU peacekeeping force in Congo, Thierry Fusalba, says about 200 German and Dutch soldiers will be moved in from Gabon and deployed next week. |
