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Today's press review mainly focus on the 'clarification' news conference held by the head of the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI), a day after the protest movements against the possible postponement of the elections due in June 30, 2005. «Father Malu Malu pleads non guilty». Under this…

Yesterday's unrest in several districts of Kinshasa following rumours on a possible postponement of the elections scheduled for 30th June 2005 is the main issue covered by today's local papers. The papers also give the death toll of the clashes pitting the demonstrators against the police force and…

All the local papers published this Monday focus on the fierce debates around the prolongation of the transition, against the backdrop of the head of the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI)'s declaration that the general elections would be held by October 2005. After the key local papers were put…

Review of the electoral process by the Independent Electoral Commission 'CEI' and MONUC military activities in Eastern DRC are the dominant subjects covered by today's local press. The CEI chief, Father Apollinaire Malu Malu, is of the opinion that elections could quite possibly be held by October…

Today's local press focuses its comments on the security situation in Eastern DRC, notably North and South Kivus as well as the talks between the Ituri Brigade Generals and President Joseph Kabila. Some papers goes back over President Kabila's End of the Year message to the nation and the Transition…

RCD's meeting of its Founders College dominates today's local press. Some of the local papers also go back over President Kabila's trip to Libya to meet with Libyan president and UDPS' position with regard to the upcoming elections. « High tension at RCD's seat: Guns were drawn at RCD's seat…

The situation in Eastern DRC, the elections due in 2005 and the meeting of RCD's Founding College are the major issues covered by today's local press. « Le POTENTIEL has reviewed the last 12 month-situation and concluded, «the restoration of Government authority has come under a serious obstacle in…

South Kivu's destabilization and the upcoming elections are the lead stories in today's local press. Some local papers go back over the suspension of the cabinet ministers and the coming visit by the Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Karel de Gucht. « South Kivu's destabilization after the…

Despite the apparent calm prevailing in North Kivu, there is growing protests against the buffer zone established around Kanyabayonga district. Today's papers broadly comment on the UN peacekeepers' deployment between the FARDC and the mutineers. Under the title « North Kivu between hope and…

North Kivu crisis in Eastern DRC continues to dominate the front page of the local press, which mainly focuses today on MONUC's decision to establish a buffer zone around Kanyabayonga and the attempts for conciliation of the loyalist forces and the mutineers. « North Kivu: fighting has stopped», L…

Rwanda's lifting of its threat to intervene in Eastern DRC is the lead story in today's local press, commenting on a declaration by Rwandan Foreign Affairs Minister. The same papers also echo the catholic Bishops' message calling for a new transitional government. 'Rwanda has decided to withdraw the…

Foreign troops' presence in Eastern DRC confirmed by MONUC and the visit of the European Commissioner for Humanitarian Assistance and Development, Louis Michel, are the lead stories in today's local press. « The UN has confirmed the aggression (of DRC) through MONUC», L'AVENIR writes on its front…