The United Nations has decided to pull out of Zimbabwe's electoral process because the country's government has opted not to let the UN coordinate the international observer groups. Zimbabwe's legislative elections are scheduled for June 24 and 25. The United States condemns the campaign of violence and intimidation in Zimbabwe. Political violence has surged in Zimbabwe when war veterans started to occupy commercial farms. The United States government urged Zimbabwe's government to end the occupation of the commercial farms and allow the police to investigate political crimes.
Bishops urge the government to insure free and fair elections in Zimbabwe.
The Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops' Conference has urged Mugabe's government to insure a free and fair election on June 24 and 25. Central Hundreds of civilians perish in clashes between Uganda and Rwanda in Kisangani. Hundreds of civilians have been killed or wounded in clashes between the erstwhile allied forces of Uganda and Rwanda in the northeastern city of Kisangani in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In the artillery fire exchanges the city suffered massive damage. The troops continued their exchanges despite pledges by Rwandan President Paul Kagame and his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni that they had ordered their armies to cease their hostilities.