The latest report from the International Crisis Group, warns that renewed frictions in the nation's most mineral-rich province need to be addressed immediately - even before elections in March 2006. Without waiting for a new government to be in place, the transitional government needs to act to integrate Mai-Mai militias into the national army, eliminate parallel chains of command, and eradicate corruption, particularly in the mining sector. Otherwise, there is little hope elections will produce a stable, legitimate government.