News | Joseph Kabila
| Parliamentary polls results out, no party gains majority | |
IRIN - September 9, 2006 | |
 | No single party gained a parliamentary majority in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the results of legislative elections announced on Friday by the Independent Electoral Commission.The political parties needed to win 251 out of 500 parliamentary seats to guarantee control of the legislature and nominate the country's next prime minister. |
| Full provincial legislative election results announced by the IEC | |
Monuc - September 8, 2006 | |
 | On Thursday night September 7 2006, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) announced the full provisional results of the legislative elections of 30 July last. The PPRD party of president Kabila topped the polls with 111 seats, followed by the MLC party of vice-president Bemba with 64. |
| DRC Legislative Results Delayed Amid Fraud Allegations | |
VOA News - September 5, 2006 | |
 | The release of the results from July's legislative elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been postponed, after 10 election workers were arrested for allegedly trying to cheat. Congo's elections commission says the delay is largely a precaution. |
| Carter Center: Presidential and legislatives results are credible | |
Carter Center - September 1, 2006 | |
 | The Carter Center did not find evidence of widespread or systematic manipulation. The Center concludes that the presidential results announced August 20 are credible; legislative results, on the whole, are also credible, but cannot be validated in detail because of the shortcomings outlined in this statement, August 31, 2006. |
| Congo Sets Up Commission to Probe Post-Election Violence | |
VOA News - August 29, 2006 | |
 | Senior representatives for Congo's President Joseph Kabila and Vice-President Jean-Pierre Bemba have met in Kinshasa to set up a commission to investigate post-election violence earlier this month. The two men will face off in an October presidential runoff election, raising fears the polls could lead to more deaths. Joe Bavier has this report for VOA with additional reporting by Eddy Isango in Kinshasa. |
| Counting the casualties after Kinshasa battle | |
IRIN - August 25, 2006 | |
 | At least 66 people had been killed and wounded during three days of fighting in Kinshasa, the Congolese capital, between forces of President Joseph Kabila and Vice-President Jean-Pierre Bemba, the minister of interior said on Friday. |
| MONUC's mediation with Kabila and Bemba continues as Kinshasa returns to business as usual | |
Monuc - August 24, 2006 | |
 | MONUC's mediation with presidential rivals Joseph Kabila and Jean Pierre Bemba continues today, as the situation remains calm in the capital and daily activities resume. |
| Profile: Joseph Kabange Kabila | |
IRIN - August 24, 2006 | |
 | Joseph Kabange Kabila, 35, is president of the current transitional government in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and stood as an independent candidate in national elections, held on 30 July. |
| Truce Holds After Days of Fighting in Congo Capital | |
VOA News - August 23, 2006 | |
 | A U.N.-brokered truce between fighters loyal to the Democratic Republic of Congo's two remaining presidential candidates appeared to be holding Wednesday. After three days of fighting between men loyal to the incumbent president and a former rebel leader, a relative calm returned to the capital. |
| Annan Urges Congo's Presidential Rivals to Meet | |
VOA News - August 23, 2006 | |
 | U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan is urging the Democratic Republic of Congo's two leading presidential candidates to meet immediately to end fighting between their supporters. |
