News | Joseph Kabila
| DR Congo observers satisfied with polls despite fraud claims | |
Monuc/AFP - August 2, 2006 | |
 | A leading presidential candidate in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) added his voice on Tuesday to allegations of irregularities in the elections here but the two main contenders and international observers remained satisfied with the poll. |
| EU appeals for calm as DR Congo counts votes | |
Monuc/AFP - August 2, 2006 | |
 | "I call on all the candidates and their supporters to show a sense of responsibility and maintain the climate of calm and serenity that will be vital in coming days and throughout the process," External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner said. |
| Two elections held, four more to go | |
IRIN - August 1, 2006 | |
 | The Democratic Republic of Congo's first democratic elections since 1960 were held on Sunday for the presidency and parliament but the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) must now prepare for four more elections between October and January 2007. |
| DRC Election Officials Working Overtime to Prepare Results | |
VOA News - July 31, 2006 | |
 | Election officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo are working around the clock to prepare results from most polling centers in the country's first election in more than 40 years. Voting is continuing in one central mining area, where anti-vote militants disrupted the process Sunday. Final results will not be available until the end of August. |
| Vote Counting Starts in Congo Amid Tension | |
VOA News - July 30, 2006 | |
 | Vote counting has started in the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo amid renewed tension over the outcome in the country's first open election in over 40 years. There was some rioting in a mining town, causing voting to be postponed there, but no widespread violence. |
| Congolese Vote in First Open Election in Four Decades | |
VOA News - July 30, 2006 | |
 | Under the whizzing of helicopters many polling centers opened late, but turnout appeared substantial. Voting was slow, but orderly. |
| Congo Conducts Historic Vote | |
AP - July 30, 2006 | |
 | Millions of Congolese voted in the country's first multiparty election in four decades Sunday, the culmination of years of postwar transition that many pray will herald stability for the tumultuous central Africa region that Congo anchors. |
| Vote starts with good turnout | |
IRIN - July 30, 2006 | |
 | In the first democratic elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in more than 40 years, people started lining up early in the morning in many voting stations in Kinshasa and the east. |
| Congolese Hope For The Best, Brace For The Worst | |
VOA News - July 29, 2006 | |
 | On the eve of the Democratic Republic of Congo's first open election in over forty years, many Congolese are hoping for the best, but bracing for the worst. Many are worried about the outcome of the post-war election, once results are announced. |
| Finding an end to violence | |
IRIN - July 28, 2006 | |
 | A significant number of combatants from the various conflicts in Congo since 1996 have still not disarmed and many continue to destabilise the country, despite the signing of a comprehensive peace agreement in 2002. |
