| Registration of presidential, legislative candidates begins | |
IRIN - March 16, 2006 | |
Registration offices for candidates in the Democratic Republic of Congo's presidential and legislative elections opened on Friday in the capital, Kinshasa. | |
| Parliament adopts electoral law, poll schedule | |
IRIN - February 22, 2006 | |
Parliament has adopted a bill giving the Independent Electoral Commission 110 days to organise national democratic elections as soon as Congo's President Joseph Kabila signs the document into law, the commission's second vice-president, Norbert Bansegezi Kantintima, said on Wednesday. | |
| Voters give new constitution overwhelming support | |
IRIN - January 12, 2006 | |
An overwhelming number of voters have approved a new constitution put to a referendum in December 2005, which is expected to lead to general elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo, official results of the poll show. | |
| Opposition politician ends boycott of upcoming polls | |
IRIN - January 3, 2006 | |
Veteran politician Etienne Tshisekedi reversed on Monday his call for a boycott of general elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), due in 2006. | |
| Supporters of constitution in strong position at polls | |
IRIN - December 21, 2005 | |
Initial trends in the Democratic Republic of Congo's constitutional referendum show overwhelming support for the document, which, if approved, should clear the way for general elections in 2006. | |
| Referendum continues into second day | |
IRIN - December 19, 2005 | |
Voters continued trickling into polling stations throughout the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Monday for the second day of voting on the country's new draft constitution. | |
| Stakes high for vote on draft constitution | |
IRIN - December 15, 2005 | |
Almost 25 million voters in the DRC could prepare the way for the country's first presidential and parliamentary elections if they accept the draft constitution that is to be presented to them on Sunday in a referendum, senior diplomats said in Kinshasa. | |
| EU observers arrive ahead of constitutional referendum | |
IRIN - November 22, 2005 | |
The head of an advanced team of nine EU observers of a constitutional referendum set to take place in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on 18 December declared on Monday that he would make an exhaustive and unbiased assessment of preparations for the vote. | |
| Kinshasa: demonstrators on the streets | |
MISNA - June 30, 2005 | |
Tension is escalating in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the police and soldiers are intervening to disperse the young demonstrators that took the streets this morning in protest against the extension of the transition and postponement of elections. | |
| UN mediates in aftermath of conflict in Mbuji-Mayi | |
IRIN - May 24, 2005 | |
The UN is mediating among political parties in Mbuji-Mayi, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo's Kasai Oriental Province, following last week's violence. | |
