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| DRC Observers Seek Transparency in Vote Counting | |
VOA News - November 2, 2006 | |
 | Observers of Sunday's second-round presidential election in the Democratic Republic of Congo are pleading with electoral officials to ensure transparency in vote counting. The observers also criticized Congolese media for disseminating hate speech and biased coverage. |
| Polls repeated in volatile areas | |
IRIN - November 1, 2006 | |
 | Repeat elections have been conducted in parts of the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo's Ituri District following disturbances during Sunday's presidential polls.Speaking on Tuesday, the chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission, Apollinaire Malumalu, told IRIN that the disturbances had occurred in Fataki, 90 km northeast of Bunia, the main town in Ituri, after a soldier shot dead two polling clerks. |
| S. African Observers: No major incidents or irregularities with the voting process | |
Monuc - October 31, 2006 | |
 | At a press conference on 31 October 2006, the South African Observer Mission (SAOM) announced that the presidential and provincial elections "were conducted in a climate conducive for a democratic expression of the will of the people of the DRC," in the presence of the witnesses of the political parties as well as both the national and international observers. |
| The Congolese voted in peace | |
Monuc - October 30, 2006 | |
 | In spite of the heavy rain that disrupted the displacement of the voters in Kinshasa and in other cities of the country, the historic vote of Sunday 29 October, 2006 took place in peace. The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) mentioned two isolated incidents in Equator province which caused at least one death. |
| Soldier kills two polling clerks in Ituri | |
IRIN - October 30, 2006 | |
 | A soldier in the Democratic Republic of Congo shot dead two polling clerks on Monday, raising the possibility of increased disturbances in the northeastern locality of Fatika where the incident occurred, Ituri District Administrative Officer Petronille Vaweka said.The officials killed were residents of Fatika, 90 km northeast of Bunia, the main town in Ituri. |
| Second-Round Vote Counting Begins in DRC | |
VOA News - October 29, 2006 | |
 | Vote-counting has started in the Democratic Republic of Congo, following a second-round presidential election to end a transition period, and years of war and misrule. The national election commission says it is investigating serious incidents of violence that took place during voting in the northwest province of Equateur. |
| Voting begins, marking completion of long democratic transition | |
IRIN - October 29, 2006 | |
 | Voting began on Sunday in the Democratic Republic of Congo in a presidential run-off marking the official completion of a transition from war to peace that began in 2003. |
| Polls Open in Post-War DRC Election | |
VOA News - October 29, 2006 | |
 | Polls have opened in a decisive second round, post-war presidential election in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Transitional President Joseph Kabila, the son of a slain coup leader, faces off against Vice President Jean Pierre Bemba, a former Uganda backed rebel. |
| 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. |
