News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

Press Review ' Wednesday 13 July 2005 Ntulumamba massacre in South Kivu and political negotiations on the nomination of heads of public firms top the headline of today's local press. Under the headline ' confusion around a…

Press Review - 12 July 2005 Donors' conference on DRC Congo's elections and massacre of civilians burnt alive in South Kivu make the headlines of today's local press. The headlines in L'Observateur read: ' European Union…

Press Review 11 July 2005 Today's local press comment widely and diversely on the UDPS leader's address to his party's members last Saturday. The headlines in La Référence Plus read: ' Tshisekedi sticks to his position.' The…

Press Review - 8 July 2005 Nominations within the Congolese armed forces and the electoral registration operations are the main focus of today's local papers. The headlines in La Référence Plus read: ' Important nominations…

President Joseph Kabila's interview to a Belgian paper 'Le Soir' and MONUC weekly news conference make the headlines of today's local press. Référence Plus quotes President Joseph Kabila as declaring, 'I will never allow…

Today's local papers mainly focus on yesterday's event in Mbandaka and the declaration issued by the 'Democratic Forces of Opposition and Civil Society.' The headlines in La Référence Plus read: 'Mbandaka looted by FARDC…

The few local papers published this 1st July in Kinshasa diversely comment on the 30 June 2005 event. 'The Worst [end of Transition] did not happen,' headlines La Référence Plus, an independent paper, alluding to the march…

The chairman of the European Commission's declaration to the two DRC Houses of Parliament tops the headlines of today's local press. The headlines in La Référence Plus read: 'Barroso reiterates European Union's support to the…

Today's local papers broadly comment on President Sassou Nguesso's talks with DRC political leadership, the identification and registration operation and the Mbuji Mayi events. 'We appealed for a peaceful transitional process…

Today's local papers comment on several subjects. The headlines in L'Avenir, a pro-PPRD paper read: '38,225 people have already been registered in Kinshasa.' 'The figures are apparently insignificant compared to the total…

Today's local press devotes their headlines to the DRC bishops' declaration over the ongoing political transition and MONUC's press briefing. The headlines in La Référence Plus read: 'Bishops call for talks.' The paper quotes…

Today's local press mainly focus on the preliminary registration and identification operations launched in Kinshasa on 20 June 2005. The press also comment on the demonstrations held by Congolese in Brussels and the security…