Vol 47 No 19 | CONGO-KINSHASA One of us cannot be wrong 22nd September 2006 Both President Kabila and challenger Bemba believe they can win the presidential poll Tensions are rising again following the burning down on 18 September of presidential candidate Jean-Pierre Bemba's main propaganda outlets, the studios of Canal Congo Télévision, Canal Kin TV...
Vol 47 No 17 | CONGO-KINSHASA Explosive results 25th August 2006 Nobody has won the 30 July presidential elections in results announced on 20 August. Instead there will be a run-off between Joseph Kabila (45 per cent) and Jean-Pierre...
Vol 47 No 16 | CONGO-KINSHASA Two elections, one country 4th August 2006 Voting and political sentiment is more divided than ever between the east and west of the country Two figures - President Joseph Kabila and Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba - are dominating Congolese politics after the 30 July elections, which have been hailed as a success...
Vol 47 No 15 | CONGO-KINSHASA A new political season 21st July 2006 After four decades without real elections, Congolese now face five months of voting Congo-Kinshasa's Commission Electorale Indépendante (CEI) and the country's main financial donors are sure that the first round of the presidential poll, and the election of 500 deputies to...
Vol 47 No 15 | CONGO-KINSHASA Front-runners and hopefuls 21st July 2006 In these elections, the first to be held in Congo-Kinshasa since March/April 1965, no less than 33 presidential candidates are registered with the Commission Electorale Indépendante (CEI)....
Vol 47 No 13 | CONGO-KINSHASA The vote that nobody wins 23rd June 2006 Hugely expensive, massively complex, extremely dangerous, the polls will go ahead anyway The first votes in Congo's long awaited election process are to be cast on 30 July. The polls, costing some US$500 million, are unlikely to bring the stability...
Vol 47 No 13 | CONGO-KINSHASA Les jeux sont faits 23rd June 2006 With just over a month to go until elections, unexpected alliances have emerged. President Joseph Kabila, the Commission Electorale Indépendante headed by Apollinaire Malu Malu and the United...
Vol 47 No 8 | CONGO-KINSHASA A shortage of sparkle 14th April 2006 Efforts to clean up Congo's mining business before the elections are being derailed Unlike the billion dollars' worth of diamonds that leave Congo each year, the prospects for cleaning up its mining business before this year's national elections are far from...
Vol 47 No 5 | CONGO-KINSHASA Looking into the abyss 3rd March 2006 Another postponement of the vote and more disputes over security cloud election prospects Fears about Congo's election timetable and security preparations are escalating, just as three heads of United Nations agencies arrived on an official visit. It's now clear that even...
Vol 47 No 5 | CONGO-KINSHASA Trouble in the east 3rd March 2006 The new electoral law angers the former rebels and could set the eastern provinces ablaze More trouble looms in the run-up to the elections as the proposed electoral law obliterates the chances of the Rassemblement Congolais pour la Démocratie in the parliamentary elections...