DRC Elections 2011 Watch: 1) Embattled Bandundu Gov Richard Ndambu returns home and PPRD office is torched in retaliation; 2) Vital Kamerhe launches presidential bid at 1st UNC congress; 3) DRC Communication Minister Lambert Mende blasts opposition leaders’ “practices of another age” and rips UN Rape Report; 4) CENI to Parliament: Vote Annex to Electoral Law by August 10 or see legislative elections “uncoupled” from presidential election; and 5) Etienne Tshisekedi lands in Lubumbashi (video)

1) Embattled Bandundu Gov Richard Ndambu returns home and PPRD office is torched in retaliation  Dr. Richard NdambuGovernor of Bandundu ProvincePhoto: DigitalCongo Archives(Credits)Tuesday July 26. When embattled Bandundu Province Governor Richard Ndambu, a member of PPRD, returned home, tension suddenly ratcheted up several notches in the provincial capital, Bandundu-ville. In early March, the provincial assembly of Bandundu impeached Ndambu...

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DRC Update: 1) “Missing” Katanga Gov jets back from vacation (video) as his provincial capital braces for arrival of UDPS Etienne Tshisekedi; and 2) Kisangani: Deadly confrontation between cargo cult “Nzambe-Lumumba” and FARDC

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DRC Elections 2011 Watch: 1) MLC: Jean-Pierre Bemba for President; 2) Ex-MLC François Mwamba’s new platform; 3) PALU: No candidate for Prez; 4) Senate Prez Kengo’s new party; 5) Outcry: UDPS memo to Cindy McCain; 6) Electoral process: insurmountable snag

1) MLC Congress: Jean-Pierre Bemba for PresidentJean-Pierre Bemba aka Chairman aka Igwe aka Petit-MobutuStade Tata RaphaëlKinshasa, Thursday, July 26, 2006Photo: Reuters(Credits)Saturday July 23. It’s now clear that MLC has signed a suicide pact with its leader Jean-Pierre Bemba aka Chairman aka Igwe aka Petit-Mobutu, erstwhile warlord and ICC jail inmate. Its 2-day Second Congress in Kinshasa renominated Bemba as its chairman and, hence, its presidential...

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