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	Democratic Republic of the Congo - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		It borders the Central African Republic and Sudan on the north, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania on the east, Zambia and Angola on the south, and the Republic of the Congo on the west.
		President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
		The Congo is situated at the heart of the west-central portion of sub-Saharan Africa and is bounded by (Clockwise from the west) Angola, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, the Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania across Lake Tanganyika, and Zambia.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Congo-Kinshasa (4855 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Democratic Republic of the Congo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Geography of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
		The Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire) is a nation in central Africa and the third largest country on the continent.
		It borders the Central African Republic and Sudan on the north, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania on the east, Zambia and Angola on the south, and the Republic of the Congo on the west.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo (4755 words)

	Democratic Republic of the Congo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Democratic Republic of the Congo (French: République Démocratique du Congo), also referred to as DRC, DR Congo, Congo and Congo-Kinshasa, and formerly Zaire (or Zaïre in French), is a nation in Central Africa and the third largest country on the continent.
		The Current political situation is slightly ambiguous, because the Congo is living in the interregnum between two constitutions, that establish different political institutions, at the various levels, in all branches of government, as well different administrative divisions of the country.
		Democratic Republic of the Congo · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Republic of the Congo · São Tomé and Príncipe
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo (4460 words)

	DRC Congo
		The Democratic Republic of the Congo is the new name for a nation that in 1997 saw the collapse of a corrupt, thirty-year dictatorship.
		The Federal Republic of Congo is renamed the Democratic Republic of Congo.
		Congo's government, rebels and opposition parties signed a peace accord Tuesday to end four years of civil war and set up a transitional government to lead Africa's third-largest nation to its first democratic elections since independence in 1960.
	us-africa.tripod.com /zaire.html (3201 words)

	Congo War
		President Joseph Kabila's cabinet and office staff was geographically and ethnically diverse but a significant amount of political influence remains in the hands of individuals (both inside and outside the Government) from the Luba Katangan ethnic group of the president's father, former president Laurent Kabila.
		On 16 January 2001, President Laurent-Desire Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo, was gunned down by one of his bodyguards, plunging the war-torn country into a period of uncertainty and speculation.
		Congo's five-year war is officially over and a transitional government is trying to shepherd the vast African nation to elections next year, but the peace process has come to a halt, largely because of the continued presence of armed groups in the east.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/war/congo.htm (5297 words)

	Congo (Kinshasa) (03/06)
		The area known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo was populated as early as 10,000 years ago and settled in the 7th and 8th centuries A.D. by Bantus from present-day Nigeria.
		Parliamentary elections in 1960 produced Patrice Lumumba as prime minister and Joseph Kasavubu as president of the renamed Democratic Republic of the Congo.
		The Congo was the world's fourth-largest producer of industrial diamonds during the 1980s, and diamonds continue to dominate exports, accounting for over half of exports ($642 million) in 2003.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/2823.htm (4064 words)

	Political parties of the Democratic Republic of the Congo - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The Democratic Republic of the Congo has seen extensive civil conflict since independence in 1960, and no free and fair election has ever been held there.
		In the absence of an effective central government, most political groups (especially those in the interior) exist solely to control territory and enforce allegiance to certain leaders instead of performing the typical party functions of electoral participation and ideological debate.
		Political parties of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, The parties, Historical parties, See also, Lists of political parties and Political parties in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Political_parties_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo (403 words)

	Elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Multi-party elections in the DR Congo have not been held since 1959, when Patrice Lumumba became prime minister and Joseph Kasavubu president.
		The Second Congo War was officially declared over in 2003, though violence continues, especially in the east of the country.
		Joseph Kabila who is the actual president of the transition government and also three of the deputy presidents of the transitional government.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Elections_in_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo (432 words)

	The Democratic Republic of Congo
		The country was formerly called Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zaire, then again Democratic Republic of Congo and had a history of colonialists and tyrants trying to volatile the country's vast natural resources.
		Laurent-Désiré Kabila declared himself president on May 17 and later re-named the country Democratic Republic of Congo, introduced a new flag (which was strangely enough similar to the one of the Congo Free State), a new national anthem and the Congolese Franc that replaced the heavily inflated Zaire.
		First President Kabila was extremely popular while he was fighting the follows of the Mobutu-regime, but then he started restrictions on civil liberties, free speech and political activity, angered investors, and lost much of his initial popularity.
	congobandit.tripod.com (5444 words)

	Excess ballots upset candidates: Angus Reid Consultants
		The country was renamed Democratic Republic of the Congo.
		On Mar. 21 during a visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, United Nations (UN) secretary-general Kofi Annan declared, "We are now at a critical stage and come June we will be organizing elections in a huge country with little infrastructure.
		CEI president Apollinaire Malu Malu called on political figures to carry on a "permanent dialogue" and said there was an "enormous job" to be done in order to create all the necessary voting cards.
	www.angus-reid.com /tracker/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewItem&itemID=10995 (1186 words)

	Democratic Republic of Congo: Children at war - Amnesty International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Seven years of almost continuous war in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have led to the death of over three million people since 1998 alone, most of them civilian men, women and children.(1) Tens of thousands of women have been raped.
		Many of these elements, whose continuing presence in the Congo was the justification given by the Rwandan government for its military involvement in the DRC, have continued to recruit civilians in the DRC, including children.
		On 14 January 2003 the Security Council openly debated the UN Secretary-General's 26 November 2002 report on children and armed conflict in which a list of ten parties to the conflict in the DRC that recruit or use children was established.
	web.amnesty.org /library/Index/ENGAFR620342003?open&of=ENG-364 (19734 words)

	Foreign & Commonwealth Office Country Profiles
		The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) lies on the equator and has borders with 9 African countries – Congo(Brazzaville), the Central African Republic, Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia and Angola.
		President Kabila, unofficial head of the PPRD, has nation-wide recognition and is likely to be a candidate.
		President of the Senate Marini (March 2004) Vice President Azarias Ruberwa, November 2004.
	www.fco.gov.uk /servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029394365&a=KCountryProfile&aid=1020281605460 (1620 words)

	International Crisis Group - Conflict in Congo
		Listen to "The Ongoing Crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo", part of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's series entitled The Voices of Genocide Prevention, with Crisis Group Senior Analyst Jason Stearns and Rick Brennan of the International Rescue Committee.
		The Democratic Republic of the Congo's most recent war originated in the 1994 Rwandan genocide, in which over 500,000 minority Tutsis and politically moderate Hutus were slaughtered by an extremist Hutu government.
		The Congo's neighbours continue to perceive the situation as a threat to their interests and have taken actions that further destabilise the fragile process of transition.
	www.crisisgroup.org /home/index.cfm?id=2829&l=1 (2779 words)

	Open Letters for Peace > Resources > Democratic Republic of the Congo > Events > July 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The full list of transitional government members is released.
		The list comprises the president, five vice-presidents and 30 ministers, and includes members of the original DRC government, members of the opposition, representatives from rebel groups and Congolese citizens.
		The leader of the Mouvement de liberation du Congo (MLC) arrives in Kinshasa for swearing in.
	www.olfp.org /DRCJuly03.htm (769 words)

	Africa Cases 2004
		The charges against Bokela were filed by the former president of the Congolese boxing federation, Aimé Luvumbu, in connection with a February 18, 2004, article in Le Collecteur titled "Aimé Luvumbu should be in the central prison," according to JED.
		Kassa, former publication director of the weekly newspaper Le Lauréat, was imprisoned in Kinshasa, the capital of Democratic Republic of Congo, on criminal defamation charges.
		Wetemwami, president of the association of photographers of DRC's North-Kivu Province, was arrested by Rwandan officials when he crossed the border from Goma (DRC) into Gisenyi (Rwanda).
	www.cpj.org /cases04/africa_cases04/drc.html (3954 words)

	The World Factbook 2004 -- Field Listing - Executive branch
		Chief of state includes the name and title of the titular leader of the country who represents the state at official and ceremonial functions but may not be involved with the day-to-day activities of the government.
		elections: president and vice president elected on the same ticket by popular vote for five-year terms; election last held 11 November and 18 November 2001 (next to be held NA 2006); chairman of the Council of Ministers (prime minister) nominated by the president; deputy prime ministers nominated by the prime minister
		elections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year term; election last held 16 December 2001 (next to be held NA November 2006); prime minister appointed by the president from a list of candidates nominated by the National Assembly
	www.brainyatlas.com /fields/2077.html (12705 words)

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