News | Joseph Kabila
| 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. |
| Kabila Seals New Deal Ahead of Congo Vote | |
VOA News - October 20, 2006 | |
 | In the Democratic Republic of Congo, President Joseph Kabila has sealed another alliance before a second round vote October 29 against former rebel leader Jean Pierre Bemba.Nzanga Mobutu called on members of his party to vote for Mr. Kabila in the run-off vote. |
| Kabila, Mobutu's son sign pact to form government | |
IRIN - October 19, 2006 | |
 | Congolese President Joseph Kabila, who faces Vice-President Jean-Pierre Bemba in a second-round presidential poll, has agreed to include one of the sons of late President Mobutu Sese Seko in his government should he win the 29 October contest. |
| Tensions rising as presidential campaigns get under way | |
IRIN - October 17, 2006 | |
 | Three days into presidential election campaigns, tensions remain high in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as supporters of candidates Joseph Kabila and Jean-Pierre Bemba burn effigies and stone vehicles involved in the campaigns. |
| Human Rights Watch: Army Abducts Civilians for Forced Labor | |
Human Rights Watch - October 16, 2006 | |
 | The Congolese armed forces must immediately end their practice of abducting civilians and using them for forced labor in the country's northeastern Ituri district, Human Rights Watch said today. Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo must investigate and prosecute soldiers suspected of these crimes. |
| Cabinet reshuffles an attempt to entrench Kabila's power, critics say | |
IRIN - October 13, 2006 | |
 | Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila's replacement of some civilians in his cabinet and provincial governors with military officers is an attempt to entrench himself in power, critics said on Thursday. |
| UN Under Secretary General in charge of political affairs to visit DRC | |
Monuc - October 12, 2006 | |
 | On Thursday October 12, 2006, Mr. Ibrahim Gambari, UN Under Secretary General in charge of political affairs, will arrive in the DRC as part of an official four day visit to the country. |
| 12 militias killed in clashes with army in Ituri | |
IRIN - October 9, 2006 | |
 | The situation remained tense in the localities of Avena and Marabo in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, even though fighting at the weekend between the army and militias had ended, the UN Mission in the Congo (MONUC) said on Monday. |
