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 headlines in LA TEMPETE DES TROPIQUES read: Congolese People Called upon to…
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 whether UDPS will participate in the electoral process or not. Following the 18…
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 tackled by today's local press. L'OBSERVATEUR focuses on the results of the…
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 of strength between IEC and UDPS is further intensifying, highlights LA…
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 Electoral Commission, Father Malu-Malu gives a negative reply to UDPS request…
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 full rights and prerogatives," writes LE POTENTIEL on its front page. "…
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 local press MPs have reviewed the draft law on the organization of the…
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. "The electoral law will be jointly reviewed by both houses of parliament…
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 of an alliance. Request for the cancellation of the constitutional…
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 headlines in the paper read: Approximately 4000 troops to drive Ugandan rebels…
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 DRC referendum and electoral process. The headlines in LE POTENTIEL read…
Press Review of 20 December 2005
Congolese people were eagerly expecting even a partial result of the constitutional referendum yesterday; unfortunately the national television which already organised a program on the referendum, "informed at 23 h, that the results will published on Monday afternoon," says FORUM DES AS under the…