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All Kinshasa press attention is focused the DRC Supreme Court's ruling yesterday that confirmed Joseph Kabila's victory in the 29 October runoff presidential election. The main headline in L'Observateur reads "Joseph Kabila: President." La Référence Plus elaborates on this, saying the Supreme Court…

The Supreme Court in the DRC is due to announce today its decision on losing candidate Jean-Pierre Bemba's legal challenge to the outcomes of the 29 October presidential runoff, according to Kinshasa press on Monday. After two days of hearings being held at the Foreign Affairs Ministry on Bemba's…

Today, the front-page stories in Kinshasa newspapers cover a variety of subjects. Reporting that the DR Congo's Congolese Supreme Court is set to hold a sitting today to consider losing presidential candidate, Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba's challenge to the 29 October presidential runoff…

The main headlines from Kinshasa newspapers today are related to yesterday's violent events outside the DRC's Supreme Court building. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court was scheduled to hold its first hearing on the challenge filed by losing presidential candidate Jean-Pierre Bemba against the outcomes…

There is no major development announced in today's Kinshasa press. Le Potentiel writes: "Today, [the Supreme Court] is due to hold its the first hearing regarding presidential runner-up Jean-Pierre Bemba's challenge to the outcomes of the 29 Oct. runoff election." The Supreme Court will formally…

Most newspaper stories in Kinshasa today are related to presidential runner-up Jean-Pierre Bemba's legal challenge to the provisional official results of the 20 October runoff election. As announced, DRC Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba, the losing candidate in the country's presidential runoff, has…

Today's Kinshasa press comments are largely devoted to presidential candidate Jean-Pierre Bemba's declaration yesterday announcing he does not accept the provisional results from the second and final round of the presidential election. Jean-Pierre Bemba, leader of the Movement for the Liberation of…

The imminent publication of the presidential run-off results by the Independent Electoral Commission CEI is the dominant issue in today's local press. "Except a last minute hitch, the results will be published today," says Le Palmarès, indicating, "the compilation operations ended yesterday." La…

Most of the local papers comment on Catholic Archbishop's reaction to the partial results published thus far by the Independent Electoral Commission known as CEI. From Paris where, "he is undergoing medical care," the catholic Archbishop, Cardinal Etsou "did not beat about the bush" in declaring,…

Today's local press mainly focuses on last Saturday violence in Gombé district. Saturday 11 November, "Gombe was the scene of small arms and heavy weapon gun firing," reports Le Potentiel. It was triggered by the "young delinquents called shegués after laying roadblocks on the Boulevard du 30 juin,"…

* Original: French The ongoing publication of partial results from the 29 October runoff presidential election between President Joseph Kabila and Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba continues to receive lots of attention in Kinshasa newspapers. About a week since beginning, "activities in the local…

* Original: French T he ongoing publication of partial results from the DRC's 29 October runoff presidential election continues to make the headlines of Kinshasa newspapers. With partial results still trickling in, Le Potentiel reports that in a letter yesterday to the president of the Independent…