News | Independent Electoral Commission (IEC)
| South African ambassador: the IEC must take centre stage | |
Monuc - August 4, 2006 | |
 | As official election results are still awaited, figures have already been circulated by some media and candidates. These premature announcements of "winners" have exacerbated political tensions. |
| W. Swing: It is in the interests of everyone to stay calm as they await the election results | |
Monuc - August 3, 2006 | |
 | William Swing, the Special Representative of the Secretary General in the DRC, explained at this critical political juncture in the DRC elections that it is important for everyone to remain calm and patient as the results are tabulated. |
| 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. |
| Committee of the Wise: Disputes must be discussed according to the law in order and peace | |
Monuc - August 2, 2006 | |
 | In the event that certain candidates dispute the integrity of the poll of July 30 2006, Joachim Chissano, the president of the International Committee of Wise, invites them to do it according to the legal framework, and remains optimistic in relation to the creation of a consensus on the acceptance of the results. |
| MONUC welcomes the successful holding of elections in DR Congo | |
Monuc - August 2, 2006 | |
 | The United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) hails the holding in peace of the first free and democratic elections in DR Congo. |
| Media called to order over the illegal publication of "results" | |
Monuc - August 2, 2006 | |
 | As the fever of the electoral results dominates the focus of the Congolese media and election candidates, the electoral authorities have made a call to order by denouncing "obvious violations of the electoral law". |
| Kofi Annan hails democratic elections as a milestone for the DRC | |
Monuc - August 1, 2006 | |
 | UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan welcomed the successful holding of the presidential and national legislative elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on July 30. He said that the ‘historic event is a milestone’ in the country's peace process. |
| 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. |
| DR Congo holds watershed general elections | |
Xinhua - July 30, 2006 | |
 | The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Sunday is holding its first democratic presidential and legislative elections since independence more than four decades ago, hoping to turn a new page for the war-devastated nation. |
| 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. |
