Congo

KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo, December 6, 2011 - Today, FreeFair DRC launched a map detailing reported irregularities, allegations of fraud, and incidents of violence during the elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo, December 5, 2011 - With tensions on the rise and mounting concerns about the lack of transparency around official vote tallies, FreeFair DRC calls on the Roman Catholic Church and other international organisations with election observation programmes to release their data.

KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo, December 4, 2011 - As ordinary Congolese and observer missions continue to document reports of voting irregularities in last week's national elections, FreeFair DRC joins other international groups in demanding that the DRC's National Election Commission CENI immediately begin posting results from individual polling stations that can be independently checked by observers.

KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo, December 2, 2011 - In response to recent, troubling reports about the lack of security of ballot materials at compilations centres in Kinshasa, FreeFair DRC urges the Congolese authorities to redouble their efforts to ensure a credible and transparent vote tabulation process. Uncertainty and skepticism about the way ballots are being tabulated is contributing to an increasingly tense and potentially explosive atmosphere in the run-up to the announcement of polling results.

KINSHASA, Congo, November 29, 2011 - Reliable sources have confirmed to FreeFair DRC that a shipment of ballot boxes, containing millions of ballots, is currently en route from South Africa to the Democratic Republic of Congo, despite assertions by Congolese election authorities that all ballots have been distributed as of today.