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*Original: French Featuring prominently in today's Kinshasa press is the head-to-head meeting Tuesday between President Joseph Kabila and Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba, who faced each other in a runoff presidential vote on 29 October. With comprehensive provisional results from the polls still…

* Original: French Most of Tuesday's Kinshasa press is related to the DR Congo Independent Electoral Commission (IEC)'s ongoing process of releasing results from last week's runoff presidential election between incumbent President Joseph Kabila and Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba. Just four days…

* Original in French The attention of Monday's Kinshasa press is mainly focused on the publication by the Independent Electoral Commission of the first returns from last week's runoff presidential election. Since Saturday, the DR Congo's Independent Electoral Commission( IEC) has started releasing…

The top story in today's local press is the compilation of the results of the presidential runoff. The compilation "is proceeding normally," reports L'Observateur, indicating, "The Independent Electoral Commission CEI in French acronym, the only authority to publish the outcome of the polls in DRC…

The top story in today's local paper in Kinshasa is the last Sunday presidential runoff. Ballots are now being compiled at 62 liaison centres, says Le Palmarès, indicating, "Contenders' camps are also doing their own compilation of results." As a result, "false results are already out, "further says…

On Tuesday, the main focus of Kinshasa press commentary remains on last Sunday's runoff presidential race pitting incumbent President Joseph Kabila against his Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba. After casting their votes Sunday to pick their first fully democratically elected president since…

Unsuprisingly, the main stories in today's Kinshasa press are all related to the second and final round of DR Congo presidential election which was held yesterday all over the country. On Sunday, 29 October, as they went to the ballot box to select the country's first democratically president in…

Thursday local press focused on the aborted presidential candidates' debate. Scheduled for Thursday 26 October, the contradictory debate between Joseph Kabila and Jean-Pierre Bemba has been cancelled, says Le Potentiel (neutral), indicating, "Both candidates failed to agree on the terms of the…

Today's local press mainly focuses on the presidential run-off. "Publishing provisional results gradually will prevent speculations," says Le Potentiel, indicating, "due to late publication of the first tendency by the Independent Electoral Commission after the first round of the presidential…

A week after its launch, the election campaign for the presidential run-off continues to dominate the news in the DRC's local press. Le Potentiel says Joseph Kabila and Jean-Pierre Bemba start campaigning from today Friday 20 October 2006. Both candidates, notes the paper, have opted for "canvassing…

Attracting much press attention today is the Congolese National Episcopal Conference of the Catholic Church (CENCO)'s message to the Congolese people yesterday, as the presidential election runoff draws near. At its ordinary plenary meeting held in Kinshasa on 2-5 October, the Congolese National…

Two subjects feature prominently in today's Kinshasa press: (1) the United Nations Mission in the DR Congo (MONUC)'s weekly news briefing held Wednesday and (2) dissensions within several Congolese political parties. "Consultations [to be held] to determine the [new] mandate of MONUC after [the DRC]…