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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9248

23 August 2006
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/drc
EUFOR participates in MONUC intervention in Kinshasa

Brussels, 22/08/2006 (Agence Europe) - After the announcement made on Sunday of a second round of the presidential elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo on 29 October, serious disturbances occurred involving supporters of president Kabila (who obtained almost 45% of the first round vote) and his main adversary Pierre Bemba (who obtained around 20%), which resulted in several deaths in Kinshasa. Following Monuc's request, the UN's mission, the European EUFOR force took part in a joint...

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