News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

Today's local press mainly focus on the Transition Government's self-assessment and MONUC operations in Ituri. The headlines in Le Potentiel read: 'Self-Assessment without Talks: A Deadlock.' The paper speaks of an 'intransigence that will certainly lead to a political deadlock' and says, there is…

The Independent Electoral Commission 'CEI's request to the parliament and the murder of President Kabila's aunt in Lubumbashi make the headlines of today's local press. 'Malu Malu proposes a new roadmap,' titles L'Avenir. The paper quotes the head of CEI as declaring, 'my request gives the outline…

Political initiatives to defuse tensions around 30 June, development of the electoral process, and the upsurge in insecurity across Kinshasa and Eastern DRC are the major news in today's local press. Le Phare devotes its headline to an interview given on Monday 13 June by Etienne Tshisekedi, UDPS…

Today's local press comments on Government's Assessment Seminar and denounces Upsurge in Insecurity across the town on the eve of 30 June. Le Potentiel devotes its headline to the transition's assessment by components and the government. Under the headline 'Joseph Kabila is stuck,' the paper reports…

CIAT communiqué on CEI request to the Parliament, donation of vehicles to the Independent Electoral Commission and FDLR's repatriation make the headlines of today's local press. The headlines in L'Avenir read: 'Transition's prolongation: CIAT pressures on Parliament.' The paper says, 'Parliament…

Government's assessment seminar and MONUC concern over human rights abuse by DRC Intelligence Office 'ANR' and President's Special Guard Division 'GSSP' make the headline of today's local press. The headlines in La Référence Plus read: 'Transition's Assessment: Government is making its own…

The launching of a training session for the staff who will be in charge of voters' identification and census and debate over the change of government scheduled for 30 June make the headlines of today's local press. 'The Independent Electoral Commission known as CEI has officially launched a three…

The launching of a training session for the staff who will be in charge of voters' identification and census and debate over the change of government scheduled for 30 June make the headlines of today's local press. 'The Independent Electoral Commission known as CEI has officially launched a three…

Today's newspaper headlines are devoted to the announced start of voter identification and registration operations and to the insecurity across the country. In LA REFERENCE PLUS, a story on the electoral process announces that 'voter registration is to start on June 30' and that 'the operation will…

Kisangani events make the headline of today's local press. The headlines in La Tempête des Tropiques read: 'One more bloodshed in Kisangani.' The paper writes, ' Gssp (President Kabila's Special Guards) and the Mai Mai spread terror in the town,' indicating, 'the clashes were triggered off by the…

Karel De Gucht and Ramazani Baya, respectively Belgian and Congolese Ministers of Foreign Affairs' Meeting is broadly commented by today's local press. ' Karel De Gucht has called for calm,' L'Observateur headlines, alluding to 'the political unrest around the extension of the transition period.'…

Today's papers mainly focus on the recent developments of Mbuji-Mayi events. 'Show of force between the Government and UDPS,' Le Potentiel writes, alluding to the aftermaths of the Mbuji-Mayi incidents. In this respect, the paper reports, 'Government officially held UDPS responsible for the unrest…