DRC: 'As many as 1,000 people a day still die from war-related causes'

More than two years into the transition in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the peace process remains at risk, states the International Crisis Group. "As many as 1,000 people a day still die from war-related causes - mainly disease and malnutrition, but also continuing violence." The ICG says while the main belligerent leaders are all in the transitional government, their corruption and mismanagement threaten stability during and after the forthcoming national elections, now postponed from June 2005 to March 2006.