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| Kinshasa stays calm after Saturday's clashes | |
Monuc - November 13, 2006 | |
 | Kinshasa remains calm after the violence that erupted on Saturday November 11th 2006, in the central business district of Gombe, which involved the Congolese police and members of Vice President Bemba's security forces, and left four people dead. |
| Hundreds of Arrests Follow DRC Violence | |
VOA News - November 13, 2006 | |
 | Hundreds have been arrested in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the aftermath of deadly clashes Saturday surrounding preliminary election results.With only 10 percent of the vote left to be counted, and preliminary election results showing presidential incumbent Joseph Kabila leading with nearly 60 percent of the vote, supporters of his opponent, former rebel leader Jean-Pierre Bemba, are making accusations of election fraud. |
| Calm returns after sporadic gunfire | |
MISNA - November 11, 2006 | |
 | Despite the tension, calm appears to have returned to the Gombe quarter of Kinshasa, where there were isolated shooting incidents. The gunfire raised fears of a resumption of the clashes between militias tied to vice-president Bemba and president Kabila. |
| Fighting Breaks Out in Congo Capital | |
VOA News - November 11, 2006 | |
 | Clashes between fighters loyal to rival presidential candidates in the Democratic Republic of Congo left two civilians dead on Saturday as fresh partial election results showed the gap between the contenders narrowing |
| Monsengwo: We demand that no-one returns this country to war | |
Monuc - November 10, 2006 | |
 | William Swing, the UN Special Representative for the Secretary General in the DRC, met Archbishop Monsengwo, the president of the National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO), on Thursday November 9, 2006. After the meeting Archbishop Monsengwo gave his impressions on the DRC political situation, in an interview granted to MONUC's video unit. |
| Kabila Retains Lead in Partial Congo Election Results | |
VOA News - November 10, 2006 | |
 | The Democratic Republic of Congo's president, Joseph Kabila, has retained his lead in new partial results from last month's presidential run-off.The results issued Friday by Congo's electoral commission show Mr. Kabila with nearly 61 percent of the vote. The figures show Vice President and former rebel leader Jean Pierre Bemba trailing with nearly 40 percent. |
| World Court Begins Hearings Against Alleged Congo Warlord | |
VOA News - November 9, 2006 | |
 | Judges at the International Criminal Court in The Hague began hearing evidence for the first time, as prosecutors began laying out their case against a Congolese militia leader. Thomas Lubanga is accused of recruiting children to fight a brutal war in the northeast of the country. For VOA, Lauren Comiteau is following the confirmation proceedings and has more from Amsterdam. |
| Congo Opposition Alleges Cheating in Vote Count | |
VOA News - November 9, 2006 | |
 | The main opposition coalition in the Democratic Republic of Congo says it has found evidence of cheating in the election vote count.The Union for the Nation Coalition, which backs former rebel leader Jean-Pierre Bemba, says its vote count differs from partial results released this week by the electoral commission. |
| Kabila, Bemba meet in efforts to maintain calm | |
IRIN - November 8, 2006 | |
 | Congolese presidential contenders Joseph Kabila and Jean-Pierre Bemba have met in the capital, Kinshasa, in a bid to ensure that calm prevails when the results of the run-off election are announced, a spokesman for Kabila said on Wednesday. |
| Video: Joseph Kabila and Jean-Pierre Bemba meet on November 7, 2006 | |
Présidence - November 7, 2006 | |
 | Joseph Kabila and Jean-Pierre Bemba meet on November 7, 2006 (Watch video) |
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