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(JED/IFEX) – Kinshasa, 28 October 2011 – As part of its commitment to monitoring press freedom during the election period, on 27 October 2011, JED announced the launch of its media monitoring programme for the upcoming electoral campaign, which officially kicked off on 28 October.

A CALL TO ALL KONGOLESE AND AFRICANS
From Mimi Mandiangu Kimfuema, president of Inga Association

TO: INGA Family and Friends,

Security Services Should Cease Attacks on Candidates and Demonstrators

In a pre-election report released today, The Carter Center called for urgent steps by the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC) election commission in order to be credibly prepared for Nov. 28 elections. The report is based on findings from the Center's long-term observers, who have been deployed throughout the DRC since August.

The widely lauded bipartisan May 2010 law that made way for President Obama’s recent decision to send troops to fight the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) must be fully enacted to include the promised full range of non-military strategies to demobilize the LRA, protect civilians and develop the region the humanitarian organization Oxfam said on Tuesday.

The head of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has visited the eastern city of Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province, to assess preparations for the forthcoming general elections in the vast African country.

Kinshasa, October 17th, 2011

Dear Friends,

Find attached our Press Release about 7 Congolese who still in Hostage in
Karthum (SUDAN) Since September 29th 2007.

Baby gorilla trafficking in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo appears to be on the rise according to the Congolese Wildlife Authorities (ICCN) following the recent rescue of a poached infant gorilla. This latest incident is the fourth since April of this year, the highest number of baby gorillas confiscated from poachers in a single year on record.

First Anniversary of ‘Mapping Report’ Shows Need for Stronger International Action

We would like to address here to some of the preoccupation addressed in this blog which was subsequently mentioned in the local press in Kinshasa (mostly in “Le Potentiel” 5343 and “Le Phare” 4176 on the 30 of September), for our company’s name, Zetes, has been referred to in reference to the some of the work performed by our AFIS (Automated Fingerprint Identification System) on the electoral enrollment data.