DR Congo: Electoral Violence Threatens Vote

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : Addressing the UN Security Council on December 11, the head of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Congo (Mission de l'Organisation des Nations Unies pour la stabilisation en République démocratique du Congo, MONUSCO), Bintou Keita, said that "violent clashes between supporters of rival political parties [were] occurring in many provinces."
49% : The EU deployed an eight-person expert mission to the capital, Kinshasa, instead.
44% : The EU cancelled its countrywide observation mission after the Congolese authorities did not authorize the use of satellite equipment for its deployment.
43% : "During the incident, assailants raped at least one other woman and stripped and groped three more, according to a witness and security, medical, and UN sources.

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