D.R.Congo
The Lord’s Resistance Army’s (LRA) activities in Democratic Republic of Congo
By Solidarite et Assistance Integrale aux Personnes Demunies , NGO
Posted on December 21, 2011
This is my third analysis on the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) activities in Democratic Republic of Congo and it is a follow up analysis on the first and second which was produced in July and August 2011 respectively. This analysis will focus on three month period that is September, October and November. In these months there are number of issues which will be looked at: firstly statistics of LRA activities for the three months, secondly condemnation of 68 members of the Congolese national army (FARDC) who have committed various crimes, thirdly effect of Congolese election on LRA activities and lastly analysis of the current situation and some recommendations.
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US Secretary of State Statement on D. R Congo's Supreme Court Decision Confirming Results of the Presidential Election
Supreme Court Decision Confirming Results of the Presidential Election in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
Press Statement
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of State
Washington, DC
December 20, 2011
The United States is deeply disappointed by the Democratic Republic of the Congo Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the electoral commission’s provisional results without fully evaluating widespread reports of irregularities. We believe that the management and technical execution of these elections were seriously flawed, lacked transparency and did not measure up to the democratic gains we have seen in recent African elections. However, it is still not clear whether the irregularities were sufficient to change the outcome of the election.
Senators Coons and Isakson React to Congolese Supreme Court decision, call for transparent review of election results
Statement from chairman, ranking member of Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs
(Watch hearing video here)
WASHINGTON – A day after holding a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs on governance in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Senators Coons (D-Del.) and Isakson (R-Ga.) expressed deep concern about today’s ruling of the Congolese Supreme Court, which declared President Kabila the winner of recent elections without a transparent review of the election results.
Urgent Action: YES to Democracy in D.R. Congo and No to US Recognition of Rigged Elections
Posted on December 16, 2011
What would you do if your vote was claimed by a candidate you did not vote for? Observers from the Carter Center, founded by former US President Jimmy Carter, found “the provisional presidential election results announced by the Independent National Election Commission (CENI) on Dec. 9 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to lack credibility.” Based on the report of its 30,000 election observers, the largest of any group, Kinshasa Archbishop, Cardinal Monsengwo Pasinya, said that “…there is no reason to firmly conclude that these results conform to either the truth or justice.” Similarly, South African Parliamentarian Kenneth Mubu insists that “South Africa must not recognize Kabila as DRC President."
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