sources: AllAfrica, CongoForum, Monuc Monitoring
May 22 2006
-The situation in North Kivu remained sensitive since the last clashes between the elements of the 5th brigade and insurgents of dissident general Nkunda; specially the security in Rutshuru territory is still precarious.
May 29 2006
-Hundreds of combatants are said to be joining a nascent militia based in the north-east of Congo: the Congolese Revolutionary Movement (MRC). UN sources say army offensives carried out with support from peacekeepers have enabled government troops to win back territory from the MRC - but progress has been limited.
June 6 2006
-The National Commission for Demobilisation and Reintegration (CONADER) maintains to have a programme for the demobilisation of the rebels in Ituri. But the bishop of Bunia, Mgr Uringi, says that the MRC-rebels don't like to give up their economic profit by exploiting the mines. They receive their weapons from Uganda.
June 8 2006
-The opposition party UDPS of Etienne Tshisekedi is not participating in the elections that will be held on July 30. Tshisekedi has called on its supporters to boycott voter registration. When he agreed to end the boycott in January 2006, the chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI), Malu Malu said it was too late.
-Some 25.6 million Congolese have registered themselves to vote, out of an estimated 28 million people eligible. UDPS supporters are being drawn to other parties, the most conspicious being the main associated with President Kabila, the PPRD. Its campaign machinery was spread throughout the country long before 30 June, which is the official start date of the election campaign.
June 14 2006
-At least 800 European Union soldiers, mainly French, will be on the ground in Kinshasa during the general elections. A day after the official launch of the operation, Gen Viereck of EUFOR RDCongo said additional troops - 1200 in Gabon and a strategic reserve of 1500 in Europe - would be on standby in the event they are needed. The troops will be based at Ndolo Airport in Kinshasa.
June 22 2006
-A report of FEWER (Forum on early Warning and Early Response) that is titled: "Elections and Security in Ituri" calls for the harmonisation of local level realities in eastern Congo with the national peace process. The report provides a current analysis of the political and security situation in Ituri.
June 23 2006
-With the largest and most challenging elections the UN has ever helped organize, Secretary-General Kofi Annan called for full transparency of the process, voicing concern at reports of intimidation, corruption and detentions. Meanwhile, according to Annan, the Congolese army (FARDC) has engaged in widespread, serious violations of human rights, partly due to a somewhat ineffective integration of the national army, the mismanagement and diversion of funds earmarked for salary payments, and inadequate training and logistical support.
June 27 2006
-The UN Development programme (UNDP) and MONUC will jointly provide direct support to 3 new integrated FARDC brigades in the east. This initiatieve follows the integration of the army (brassage) that was conducted over the last year by EUSEC, the European Union security reform programme in Congo. The final part of the UNDP programme will give infrastructural support to the host communities in which the new integrated brigades are located. It will involve activities as improving access to water, the rehabilitation of schools, healthcare centres and roads.
June 28 2006
-The concetration of military of president candidate Jean-Pierre Bemba near the township of Maluku, 80km western of centre of Kinshasa, alarms the people of this place.
July 4 2006
-The SADC election observer mission for Congo is launched this week. Besides SADC, the EU and the Economic Community of Central African States (CEEAC) have already sent their observation missions . The support of SADC includes developing measures to ensure sustainability of the elected government by focusing not only on developmental programmes but also on strengthening the defence and law enforcement agencies to enable Congo to protect the strategic natural resources.
July 14 2006
-The Congolese government has responded positively to a request by the Ituri militia leader of the FNI, Peter Karim Udaga, to be integrated into the national army.
July 24 2006
-MONUC has conceded that there is a real possibility of violence breaking out in the eastern part of Congo. MONUC forces will over the next few weeks be closely monitoring thousands of armed rebels still operating in the east of Congo.
-A total of 4000 national observers and over 1500 international observers are in the country to observe the elections.
July 25 2006
-As a direct or indirect result of conflict, 1200 people die every day in Congo, according to a report of UNICEF.
July 28 2006
-Parliamentary candidates will contest for 189 constituencies in the elections set for Sunday, 30 July. The electoral law divides the country into districts that will elect 500 members for the National Aseembly. The constituencies are organized into 11 provinces, with Equator province having the largest number of constituencies at 27. Incumbent President Joseph Kabila is widely favoured to win the presidential poll. But national television has aired Kabila's campaign to the far corners of Congo without according other condidates the same intensity of coverage- this in contravention of electoral guideliness set up by SADC, of which Congo is a member.
July 31 2006
- Should no clear winner emerge from yesterdays poll, round two of the presidentiel election is scheduled for 29 October. Voting for the provincial legislativee elections will take place at the same time. On 29 December, another election will be held for a new Senate. Finally, on 16 January 2007, voting will take place for provincial governors and their deputes.
-Some polling stations in Kinshasa started posting results for the presidency, with Vice-President and former rebel leader Bemba ahead of incumbent President Kabila. In the eastern provinces and in Katanga the top candidate appeared to be Kabila.
August 1 2006
-A UN report, dated July 18, said there was no doubt that a huge shipment of smuggled uranium to Iran, uncovered by officials of Tanzania, was transported from Lubumbashi mines in Congo.
August 8 2006
-The security situation in North Kivu remains precarious. Underlining this situation is the fighting last weekend between armed militia and government soldiers in Sake, 25 km west of Goma. The fighting is a continuation of a rebellion led by the renegade army general Nkunda.
August 15 2006
-Congo' s historic elections on July 30 were conducted in a fair and transparent manner, this is the conclusion of several observation missions. Minor irregularities and logistical challenges were noted, but they were not so extensive as to cast doubt on the credibility of the vote.
August 18 2006
-Tensions are rising in Congo ahead of an expected announcement this weekend by the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) of preliminary election results. One issue is the contradictionary reports in local and international media of whether or not Kabila would win more than 50 percent of the vote, thus avoiding a second run-off election with Bemba, who appears to be his leading rival.
August 20 2006
-Preliminary election results: Kabila: 45% and Bemba 20%, Antoine Gizenga: 13%. The second run-off election will be between Kabila and Bemba on October 29.
August 22 2006
-Fighting has broken out since Sunday in Kinshasa between troops loyal to Kabila and his closest contender Bemba. Heavy weapons were used and dead bodies can be seen on the streets.
August 23 2006
-UN peacekeepers in armored vehicles patrolled Kinshasa as a truce that ended 3 days of fighting between the rival factions of Kabila and Bemba appeared to be holding.
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