United Nations powers on Wednesday warned rivals in the war-ravaged Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) not to sow unease among voters as they await results of the first multiparty election in 46 years. Politicians and the media should avoid "misrepresentation" of early counting, said the International Committee supporting the Transition in the DRC.
Militias are sowing terror in north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) ahead of its general elections in July, launching almost daily attacks against the overstretched DRC army, military spokespersons told Agence France-Presse this week. ”Hardly a day passes without a skirmish,” said Olivier Mputu, liaison officer of the Congolese Armed Forces in the north-eastern region of Ituri.
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/ 20 December 2005
The future of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) hung in the balance on Tuesday as the nation awaited the outcome of a constitutional referendum aimed at restoring democracy after decades of war and suffering. Newspapers congratulated people on their ”political maturity” and ”dignity” after the crucial poll.
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) President Joseph Kabila was joined on Monday in Parliament by his South African counterpart, Thabo Mbeki, for an official ceremony to pass a post-war DRC Constitution. The full Parliament’s adoption of the new Constitution is a major symbolic step in giving the DRC a new basis for democratic rule.
The chief of an eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) militia group has been arrested in connection with last week’s killing of nine United Nations peacekeepers, a source close to the DRC presidency said on Tuesday. Meanwhile, aid agencies operating in northern Ituri have suspended operations due to poor security there.
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/ 15 February 2005
A new humanitarian crisis is brewing in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where about 56 000 people have fled armed groups, out for lucrative mineral resources, that are murdering, raping and burning crops, a United Nations observer in the region said.