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| Interview with Apollinaire Malumalu, president of Independent Electoral Commission | |
IRIN - June 14, 2006 | |
 | The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is set to hold its first series of elections in 45 years on 30 July. There have been many obstacles and delays: The country is huge, with few roads, and is in the process of emerging from a decade of civil conflict |
| Interview with Valentin Mubake, representative of the opposition UDPS | |
IRIN - June 14, 2006 | |
 | The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is preparing to hold its first democratic elections in 45 years on 30 July, but the main political opposition party is not participating. |
| Demo held over polls as UN team visits Kinshasa | |
IRIN - June 13, 2006 | |
 | Thousands of Congolese on Monday took to the streets of the capital, Kinshasa, to demand negotiations that would see the main opposition party included in the country's electoral process. |
| Interview with William Swing, UN Secretary-General's Special Representative | |
IRIN - June 13, 2006 | |
 | The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is to hold its first elections in 45 years on 30 July. Donors are providing almost half a billion dollars to fund the polls, and the United Nations peacekeeping mission there, known as MONUC, is responsible for transporting the electoral personnel and voting material to 53,000 polling sites around the country. |
| EU military communications advance team arrives | |
IRIN - June 8, 2006 | |
 | A 20-member advance team of the European Union (EU) force charged with safeguarding the first general elections in 45 years in the Congo has arrived in the capital, Kinshasa, a spokesman for the force said on Thursday |
| To vote, or not to vote? | |
IRIN - June 8, 2006 | |
 | Among the many political problems weighing on this giant, war-weary nation as it staggers towards its first elections in 40 years, is the fact that its main opposition has missed the deadline to register. |
| German parliament approves contingent for Congo's EU force | |
IRIN - June 4, 2006 | |
 | The German parliament, the Bundestag, voted 135-5 on Thursday to send a maximum of 780 soldiers to a United Nations-mandated European Union force, due to be deployed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), to support the UN mission there during general elections set for 30 July. |
| ICC defers militia leader's hearing | |
IRIN - June 1, 2006 | |
The International Criminal Court will hold the confirmation hearing in the case against former Congolese militia leader Thomas Lubanga on 28 September, three month later than the initial date set, ICC Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo has said. | |
| US Senators Promote Improved US-Congo Legislation | |
VOA News - May 31, 2006 | |
A bipartisan group of US senators will promote legislation outlining US policy toward the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The bill is spearheaded by Illinois democrats Barack Obama and Dick Durbin and republicans Sam Brownback of Kansas and Michael DeWine of Ohio. | |
| 7 UN Peacekeepers Missing, Presumed Captured in Congo | |
VOA News - May 29, 2006 | |
Seven Nepalese peacekeepers serving with the United Nations mission in Congo have been missing since Sunday, and are presumed captured by militia. The U.N. says the peacekeepers were separated from their unit during fighting with militia, during which one other Nepalese soldier was killed and three were wounded. | |
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