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Diouf appoints new head of electoral watchdog

[DRC] Soldiers from the United Nations Organisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) watching over a camp of internally displaced people (IDPs) in Ituri, the north-eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), June 2 IRIN
UN peacekeepers in DRC
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    In a separate development, President Diouf has appointed retired army General Amadou Dieng as head of the eight-member electoral monitoring commission known as ONEL, Reuters reported.

    A presidential decree published on Thursday said the commission would monitor the presidential election in February 2000. Dieng replaces General Mamadou Niang, who has been named special envoy to Guinea Bissau.

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