MONUC Press Review - 13 February 2006
Monday's Kinshasa press comments are related to President Joseph Kabila's decision last Saturday delaying the promulgation of the new Constitution that was adopted in the 18 December 2005 referendum. The promulgation of the Constitution, which was adopted in the 18 December 2005 referendum, did not…
Press Review of 9 February 2006
DRC electoral process is the top issue in today's local press. Except last-minute changes, "the bill on the organization of the presidential, provincial, urban, municipal and local elections is to be finally adopted by the Parliament today," reports Le Palmarès. "235 articles contained in the bill…
Press Review of 8 February 2006
Several subjects make the headlines of today's local press. Electoral law is to be adopted this Thursday. "MPs and Senators completed yesterday the work on the amendment and review, article by article, of the bill on the organisation of the presidential, legislative, provincial, urban, municipal and…
Press Review of 7th February 2006
PPRD (President Kabila's political party)'s congress is the top news in today's local papers. PPRD (Parti du Peuple pour la Reconstruction et la Démocratie)'s congress that ended yesterday elected, by an overwhelming majority, President Joseph Kabila as their candidate for the upcoming presidential…
Press Review of 6 February 2006
Today's local papers comment on the Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs' visit to the DRC, the PPRD (President Kabila's Parti du Peuple pour la Reconstruction et le Développement)'s congress. From 1st through 6 February 2006, Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Karel De Gucht led a 70 people strong…
Press Review of 1st February 2006
Review of the draft electoral law is the dominant news in today's local press. The press also comments on the situation prevailing in Eastern DRC, notably in Rutshuru, Nord-Kivu. The headline in LE PHARE reads: MPs and senators lift basic options for the draft electoral law in "stormy" proceedings…
Press Review of 31 January 2006
Today's local press comment on rumours of war in North Kivu, adoption of 2006 budget by the Parliament and MLC (Mouvement de Libération du Congo)'s congress. "Alarming news from North Kivu:" Laurent Nkunda's insurgents are getting closer to Rutshuru, situated a hundred kilometres from the town of…
Press Review of 30 January 2006
Proceedings around "closed, parity-based and opened lists, the military situation in North Kivu and Vice-President Jean-Pierre Bemba's candidacy make the headlines of today's local press. "Western countries are pressuring the National Assembly to adopt the polling mode," writes LA TEMPÊTE DES…
MONUC Press Review - 27 January 2006
This Friday, Kinshasa newspaper headlines are related to a massive desertion by soldiers of the 8th Military Region, and the electoral process "560 elements desert the FARDC [Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo]," L'AVENIR headlines. Citing the UN-operated Radio Okapi, L'AVENIR adds…
Press Review of 24 January 2006
The murder of eight Guatemalan peacekeepers in the Garamba Park and CIAT's meeting with DRC Presidential circle are the top stories in today's local press. "From the Sudanese territory, Ugandan rebels attacked FARDC and MONUC positions Monday 23 January, the latter being engaged in the pacification…
Press Review of 20th January 2006
The Parliament's proceedings on the electoral law and attacks on the FARDC troops in North Kivu by Laurent Nkunda, the dissident General's troops are the top news in today's local papers. "The proportional polling mode proposed by IEC (Independent Electoral Commission) was the bone of contention…
Press Review of 19 January 2006
Today's local press comments on diverse issues: lootings in Kabalo, FARDC troops' wages, upcoming UN Security Council meeting on the great lakes region and DRC Parliament's extraordinary session. "Consequences of irregular and poor military wages," Lootings in North Katanga, writes LA TEMPETE DES…