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| Jan.2 |
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Museveni election rival released |
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| Jan.23 |
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U.N.: 8 Guatemalan peacekeepers killed |
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| Feb.4 |
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Sudan militia 'is targeting Chad' |
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| Feb.15 |
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Norway takes Rwanda genocide case |
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| Feb.22 |
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Ugandans begin presidential vote The nation's first multi-party presidential elections in 25 years
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| Feb.23 |
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Ugandans counting landmark vote |
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| Feb.25 |
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Museveni won presidential race| Longtime incumbent leader has won the race, but the closest runner-up says he plans to challenge the results | |
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| Feb.28 |
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Chadians flee to Sudan's Darfur |
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| Mar.6 |
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U.N. troops kill rebels |
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| Mar.8 |
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Church roof collapse kills 27 A brick wall collapsed onto the congregation at a evening service during a rain storm in the capital Kampala
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| Mar.23 |
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Boat sinks; 127 feared drowned A boat carrying 150 passengers sank off the port of Kribi on Atlantic coast
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| Apr.1 |
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Rebel 'terror' appals UN |
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| Apr.6 |
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Top court to let vote stand |
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| Apr.12 |
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Rebels close in on capital| Rebels vowing to overthrow the president have moved to within 65 miles of N'Djamena | |
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| Apr.13 |
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Chad declares victory over rebel column |
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UN condemns rebel attack in Chad |
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| Apr.14 |
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Chad cuts Sudan ties after attack Sudan denies accusations that it backs the United Force for Change, who were beaten back by Chadian troops
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| Apr.15 |
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Chad threatens oil cutoff over dispute |
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| May.1 |
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Chad pledges to talk with rebels |
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| May.10 |
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Refugee crisis 'overlooked' |
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| May.12 |
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Oxfam criticises DR Congo donors
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| May.17 |
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Youths torn from camps, forced to fights Children as young as 13 from squalid refugee camps are being forced into combat by Sudanese rebels
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| May.30 |
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UN demands rebels release peacekeepers
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| Jun.14 |
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100 plague deaths
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| Jul.4 |
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'Amnesty' for rebel chief
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| Jul.6 |
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France signs debt-for-nature agreement
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| Jul.8 |
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Peacekeepers are freed
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| Jul.23 |
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Famine response 'too little, too late'
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| Jul.28 |
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Jubilation, violence mark days before vote
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| Jul.29 |
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Congo goes to polls first time in decades| 17,000 U.N. troops and 2,000 European Union troops -- is on standby | |
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| Jul.30 |
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Polls close in elections
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| Aug.3 |
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Ballots go up in flames
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| Aug.5 |
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Poll count raises concerns
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| Aug.8 |
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Early election results favor president
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| Aug.20 |
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Congo heads to presidential runoff
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| Aug.21 |
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Trapped envoys rescued
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| Aug.22 |
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EU boosts Congo force amid battle
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| Aug.26 |
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Uganda and LRA rebels sign truce The government and the Lord's Resistance Army have signed a truce aimed at ending the bitter war
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Chad president orders Chevron out
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| Sep.4 |
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Election workers arrested for cheating
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| Sep.5 |
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Overloaded boat sinks in lake, killing 35
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| Sep.28 |
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Peace talks stall as rebels walk out
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| Oct.10 |
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DR Congo children 'still armed' 11,000 children are in the hands of armed groups or unaccounted for, says Amnesty International
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| Oct.18 |
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Darfur violence spills into Chad
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| Oct.21 |
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Museveni meets LRA rebels
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| Oct.28 |
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War-ravaged Congo goes to polls The president faced off against a former rebel chief as a high-stakes runoff began
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| Nov.2 |
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France to declassify Rwanda files
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Cholera hits Cameroon
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| Nov.10 |
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Nun gets 30 years for aiding genocide
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| Nov.11 |
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UN envoy holds peace talks
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| Nov.12 |
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Congo struggles with mining chaos
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| Nov.15 |
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Kabila close to DR Congo victory
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Kabila named winner of vote 
Incumbent President was declared the winner of tense runoff election, defeating his ex-rebel leader rival
| Joseph Kabila has appealed for calm in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Kabila won 58.05% of the vote, ahead of Jean-Pierre Bemba who got 41.9%
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| Nov.16 |
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Poll loser rejects result Presidential candidate Jean-Pierre Bemba said he would use all legal channels to contest the result
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| Nov.21 |
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Rwandan leader named in assassin. plot A French judge has accused President Kagame of orchestrating a 1994 attack that unleashed Rwanda's genocide
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| Nov.23 |
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France issues Rwanda warrants| A judge has issued international arrest warrants for 9 close aides of President Paul Kagame | |
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| Nov.24 |
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Rwanda severs relations with France Rwanda has decided to break diplomatic ties over a French investigation into the assassination of the Rwanda's president
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Fighting flares in Congo's east Fighters loyal to a dissident general attacked army positions with heavy weapons and small arms
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| Nov.25 |
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Rebels 'seize' key city of Abeche The army said it had withdrawn to spare civilian lives. The rebels have sworn to depose the President Deby
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| Nov.26 |
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Rebels moving toward capital A rebel column moved westward on the main highway toward N'Djamena
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| Nov.27 |
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Troops fortify positions in capital Heavily armed soldiers began reinforcing their positions in N'djamena amid fears of a fresh rebel attack on the city
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| Nov.30 |
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HIV afflicting workforce More than a million jobs are being lost every year, the bulk of them in sub-Saharan Africa
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| Dec.6 |
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Kabila sweared in A rebel leader's son was sworn as Congo's first freely elected president in more than four decades
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| Dec.29 |
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UK arrests four wanted by Rwanda 4 Rwandans were arrested on provisional extradition warrants, charged with crimes related to the 1994 killings of of Tutsi
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|
| 2006 |
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| Jan.23 |
U.N.: 8 Guatemalan peacekeepers killed |
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| Feb.4 |
Sudan militia 'is targeting Chad' |
|
| Feb.28 |
Chadians flee to Sudan's Darfur |
|
| Mar.6 |
U.N. troops kill rebels |
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| Apr.1 |
Rebel 'terror' appals UN |
|
| Apr.12 |
Rebels close in on capital| Rebels vowing to overthrow the president have moved to within 65 miles of N'Djamena | |
|
| Apr.13 |
Chad declares victory over rebel column |
|
| Apr.13 |
UN condemns rebel attack in Chad |
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| May.1 |
Chad pledges to talk with rebels |
|
| May.17 |
Youths torn from camps, forced to fights Children as young as 13 from squalid refugee camps are being forced into combat by Sudanese rebels
|
| May.30 |
UN demands rebels release peacekeepers
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| Jul.4 |
'Amnesty' for rebel chief
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| Jul.8 |
Peacekeepers are freed
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| Aug.21 |
Trapped envoys rescued
|
| Aug.22 |
EU boosts Congo force amid battle
|
| Aug.26 |
Uganda and LRA rebels sign truce The government and the Lord's Resistance Army have signed a truce aimed at ending the bitter war
|
| Sep.28 |
Peace talks stall as rebels walk out
|
| Oct.10 |
DR Congo children 'still armed' 11,000 children are in the hands of armed groups or unaccounted for, says Amnesty International
|
| Oct.18 |
Darfur violence spills into Chad
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| Oct.21 |
Museveni meets LRA rebels
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| Nov.10 |
Nun gets 30 years for aiding genocide
|
| Nov.24 |
Fighting flares in Congo's east Fighters loyal to a dissident general attacked army positions with heavy weapons and small arms
|
| Nov.25 |
Rebels 'seize' key city of Abeche The army said it had withdrawn to spare civilian lives. The rebels have sworn to depose the President Deby
|
| Nov.26 |
Rebels moving toward capital A rebel column moved westward on the main highway toward N'Djamena
|
| Nov.27 |
Troops fortify positions in capital Heavily armed soldiers began reinforcing their positions in N'djamena amid fears of a fresh rebel attack on the city
|
| Dec.29 |
UK arrests four wanted by Rwanda 4 Rwandans were arrested on provisional extradition warrants, charged with crimes related to the 1994 killings of of Tutsi
|
|
| 2006 |
|
| Mar.8 |
Church roof collapse kills 27 A brick wall collapsed onto the congregation at a evening service during a rain storm in the capital Kampala
|
| Mar.23 |
Boat sinks; 127 feared drowned A boat carrying 150 passengers sank off the port of Kribi on Atlantic coast
|
| May.10 |
Refugee crisis 'overlooked' |
|
| Jun.14 |
100 plague deaths
|
| Jul.23 |
Famine response 'too little, too late'
|
| Sep.5 |
Overloaded boat sinks in lake, killing 35
|
| Nov.2 |
Cholera hits Cameroon
|
| Nov.30 |
HIV afflicting workforce More than a million jobs are being lost every year, the bulk of them in sub-Saharan Africa
|
|
| 2006 |
|
| Apr.15 |
Chad threatens oil cutoff over dispute |
|
| Jul.6 |
France signs debt-for-nature agreement
|
| Aug.26 |
Chad president orders Chevron out
|
| Nov.12 |
Congo struggles with mining chaos
|
| Nov.30 |
HIV afflicting workforce More than a million jobs are being lost every year, the bulk of them in sub-Saharan Africa
|
|
| 2006 |
|
| Feb.15 |
Norway takes Rwanda genocide case |
|
| Apr.1 |
Rebel 'terror' appals UN |
|
| Jul.8 |
Peacekeepers are freed
|
| Aug.3 |
Ballots go up in flames
|
| Sep.4 |
Election workers arrested for cheating
|
| Nov.10 |
Nun gets 30 years for aiding genocide
|
| Nov.21 |
Rwandan leader named in assassin. plot A French judge has accused President Kagame of orchestrating a 1994 attack that unleashed Rwanda's genocide
|
| Nov.23 |
France issues Rwanda warrants| A judge has issued international arrest warrants for 9 close aides of President Paul Kagame | |
|
| Dec.29 |
UK arrests four wanted by Rwanda 4 Rwandans were arrested on provisional extradition warrants, charged with crimes related to the 1994 killings of of Tutsi
|
|
| 2006 |
|
| Jan.2 |
Museveni election rival released |
|
| Feb.22 |
Ugandans begin presidential vote The nation's first multi-party presidential elections in 25 years
|
| Feb.23 |
Ugandans counting landmark vote |
|
| Feb.25 |
Museveni won presidential race| Longtime incumbent leader has won the race, but the closest runner-up says he plans to challenge the results | |
|
| Feb.28 |
Chadians flee to Sudan's Darfur |
|
| Apr.6 |
Top court to let vote stand |
|
| Apr.13 |
UN condemns rebel attack in Chad |
|
| Apr.14 |
Chad cuts Sudan ties after attack Sudan denies accusations that it backs the United Force for Change, who were beaten back by Chadian troops
|
| Apr.15 |
Chad threatens oil cutoff over dispute |
|
| May.1 |
Chad pledges to talk with rebels |
|
| May.12 |
Oxfam criticises DR Congo donors
|
| Jul.4 |
'Amnesty' for rebel chief
|
| Jul.6 |
France signs debt-for-nature agreement
|
| Jul.28 |
Jubilation, violence mark days before vote
|
| Jul.29 |
Congo goes to polls first time in decades| 17,000 U.N. troops and 2,000 European Union troops -- is on standby | |
|
| Jul.30 |
Polls close in elections
|
| Aug.3 |
Ballots go up in flames
|
| Aug.5 |
Poll count raises concerns
|
| Aug.8 |
Early election results favor president
|
| Aug.20 |
Congo heads to presidential runoff
|
| Aug.26 |
Uganda and LRA rebels sign truce The government and the Lord's Resistance Army have signed a truce aimed at ending the bitter war
|
| Aug.26 |
Chad president orders Chevron out
|
| Sep.4 |
Election workers arrested for cheating
|
| Sep.28 |
Peace talks stall as rebels walk out
|
| Oct.10 |
DR Congo children 'still armed' 11,000 children are in the hands of armed groups or unaccounted for, says Amnesty International
|
| Oct.21 |
Museveni meets LRA rebels
|
| Oct.28 |
War-ravaged Congo goes to polls The president faced off against a former rebel chief as a high-stakes runoff began
|
| Nov.2 |
France to declassify Rwanda files
|
| Nov.11 |
UN envoy holds peace talks
|
| Nov.15 |
Kabila close to DR Congo victory
|
| Nov.15 |
Kabila named winner of vote Incumbent President was declared the winner of tense runoff election, defeating his ex-rebel leader rival
| Joseph Kabila has appealed for calm in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Kabila won 58.05% of the vote, ahead of Jean-Pierre Bemba who got 41.9%
|
| |
|
| Nov.16 |
Poll loser rejects result Presidential candidate Jean-Pierre Bemba said he would use all legal channels to contest the result
|
| Nov.24 |
Rwanda severs relations with France Rwanda has decided to break diplomatic ties over a French investigation into the assassination of the Rwanda's president
|
| Dec.6 |
Kabila sweared in A rebel leader's son was sworn as Congo's first freely elected president in more than four decades
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