News | Joseph Kabila
| 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. |
| Video: Joseph and Olive Kabila celebrate after the decision by the Supreme Court on 11.28.2006 | |
Présidence de la République - December 1, 2006 | |
 | Joseph and Olive Kabila celebrate after the decision by the Supreme Court on 11.28.2006 |
| 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. |
| DRC Waits for Losing Candidate's Reaction Following Official Election Results | |
VOA News - November 28, 2006 | |
 | The Democratic Republic of Congo remains calm but tense after the Supreme Court certified the electoral victory of interim President Joseph Kabila. The losing candidate, former rebel and current Vice President, Jean-Pierre Bemba, has yet to concede. |
| Supreme Court validates Kabila presidential victory | |
IRIN - November 28, 2006 | |
 | The Supreme Court of the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday declared Joseph Kabila winner of a controversial presidential run-off election held on 29 October."The Supreme Court of Justice declares Joseph Kabila Kabange elected by an absolute majority," Benoit Lwamba Bindu, the court's first president, said in Kinshasa, the capital. |
| DRC Supreme Court confirms Joseph Kabila as President | |
Monuc - November 27, 2006 | |
 | The DRC Supreme Court on November 27 2006 confirmed Joseph Kabila as the new President of the DRC, and found against the legal protestations of election irregularities by his presidential rival Jean Pierre Bemba. |
| Congo Supreme Court Certifies Kabila Victory | |
VOA News - November 27, 2006 | |
 | The Supreme Court in the Democratic Republic of Congo has certified the victory of incumbent President Joseph Kabila in October elections. His rival in the second round of voting, former Uganda-backed rebel leader Jean-Pierre Bemba, had mounted a legal challenge to final results, saying there was fraud. |
| Rights Groups Protest Eviction of Street Children From Congo's Capital | |
VOA News - November 26, 2006 | |
 | Human rights groups are protesting what they say is the eviction of street youths from Democratic Republic of Congo's capital, Kinshasa. Hundreds of children and young adults have been rounded up recently, and the adults sent to the province of Katanga a thousand kilometers away. Franz Wild recently visited Kinshasa, and files this report for VOA. |
