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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…

Press Review of 18 January 2006

Today's local press mainly comments on the ceremonies commemorating the assassination of President Laurent Désiré Kabila and Patrice Emery Lumumba on 16 and 17 January and Catholic Archbishop's declaration to RFI. The…

Press Review of 13 January 2006

Will UDPS reintegrate the electoral process! This is the dominant issue in most of today's local press. The press also comment on PPRD (President Kabila's party)'s upcoming congress. DRC politicians pursue discussions on…

Press Review of 12 January 2006

The tentative results of the constitutional referendum published by the Independent Electoral Commission IEC, a squabbling among UDPS members and controversy between MLC leader and secretary-general are the various issues…

Press Review of 10 November 2006

Disagreement between the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) and the Union pour la Démocratie et le Progrès Social (UDPS) over reopening polling stations continues fuelling debates as reported in today's local press. Trial…

Press Review of 9th January 2005

Independent Electoral Commission's response to UDPS request concerning the reopening of identification and registration offices and UDPS reaction are the dominant issues in today's local press. "The head of the Independent…

Press Review of 5th January 2006

President Kabila and UDPS year-end speeches are the top issues in today's local press. "The year 2005 with its waves of turbulence is definitely over. 2006 turns the new page of a country anxiously awaiting to recover its…

Press Review of 30 December 2005

Review of the electoral law by the National Assembly, arrest of a "no" member to the recent constitutional referendum, pastor Théodore Ngoy and President Kabila's 2005-Year-End speech are the three issues commented by today's…

Press Review of 29 December 2005

Review of the electoral law by the Parliament today and electoral calendar are the dominant issues in today's local press. Local papers also comment on the military offensive in Eastern DRC and the routing of Ugandan rebels.…

Press Review of 28 December 2005

Today's local press focus on diverse issues, notably: the call for the cancellation of the constitutional referendum by those who advocated the "No", the projected electoral calendar and UDPS reaction to RCD's proposals for…

Press Review of 27 December 2005

MONUC-backed FARDC military operations against Ugandan rebels and RCD-UDPS fresh alliance are the major issues in today's local press. L'OBSERVATEUR focuses on the ongoing military operations in Ituri and North-Kivu. The…

Press Review of 22 December 2005

Most papers comment on the results of the 18 and 19 December 2005 polls while LE POTENTIEL focuses on an exclusive interview with the European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Assistance, Louis Michel, over the…