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Today's Kinshasa press broaches a variety of subjects but nothing that really stands out. Le Potentiel notes: "The announcement of the [new] government [for the DR Congo] is imminent". "Barring any last-minute change", this could "take place in the coming hours....or this weekend," this paper says…

Today the main headlines in Kinshasa press are almost exclusively related to the arrival in Congolese capital Thursday of the body of Congolese Catholic Cardinal Frederic Etsou who died in Belgium on 6 January 2007. Also receiving wide coverage in the local newspapers is a statement from the Prime…

Today the front pages of Kinshasa newspapers feature various stories but nothing major. Prime Minister Antoine Gizenga will "delay the announcement of the [new] government" and this is due to "the funeral of the [Archbishop of Kinshasa], Cardinal Frederic Etsou [whose] body arrives in the capital…

Tuesday's official installation of the elected Bureau of the National Assembly is the main topic in Kinshasa newspapers this Wednesday. As scheduled, the newly elected National Assembly Bureau was inaugurated yesterday Tuesday, 9 January 2007, in an officially ceremony at the Palais du people…

Today's inauguration of the newly elected Bureau of the National Assembly is the main topic in Kinshasa newspapers this Tuesday. It is this Tuesday, 9 January 2006 that the newly elected National Assembly Bureau will be officially inaugurated. L'Observateur notes that President Joseph Kabila will…

The main topic in today's press in the DRC capital is the death of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Kinshasa, Cardinal Frédéric Etsou. Admitted to hospital for several months, Cardinal Frédéric Etsou Nzabi Bamongwabi died on 6 January, at 8:50 p.m. at University Hospital in Leuven in Belgium. The…

Today's Kinshasa press is mainly devoted to the current process of forming the new Government in the DRC. Le Palmarès reports that DRC President Joseph Kabila has given Prime Minister Antoine Gizenga instructions regarding the formation of the new "Government team [which] will be composed of 60…

The few newspapers appearing in Kinshasa this Wednesday devote their main pages to the current consultations for the formation of the new government in the DR Congo. "In the face of a lack of merit-qualifying candidates for ministerial posts, [Prime Minister Antoine] Gizenga has to cut his coat…

Today only a few newspapers appear in Kinshasa and all mention the process of forming the new government in the DRC after last Saturday's nomination of Antoine Gizenga as Prime Minister. La Référence Plus reports that "the Prime Minister is due begin consultations this Tuesday, 2 January 2007 for…

The main headlines in today's Kinshasa newspapers are related to the following two bits of news: - Tasked with identifying the majority parties in the National Assembly, Antoine Gizenga on Wednesday submitted to the head of state his report on his consultations conducted for that purpose. -The…

The main headlines in the newspapers in Kinshasa today are related to Thursday, 28 December 2006's elections for the newly elected National Assembly Bureau membership. The Lower House of Parliament has so far had a provisional Bureau. In a story headlined "Vital Kamerhe slated to be elected…

The DRC's Supreme Court on Thursday issued a decree approving the Internal Rules and Regulations of the newly elected National Assembly. The main headlines in today's newspapers in Kinshasa are related to that. Le Palmarès notes that "by a decree published yesterday, the Supreme Court approves the…