Press Review 5 November 2004
Today's local papers report new clashes in Eastern DRC between two factions of the Congolese Armed Forces known as FARDC. They also comment on the recommendation issued by a UN expert for the creation of an International Criminal Court for DRC and disagreement in the National Assembly over the law…
DRC Press Review
*Original in French Today's Kinshasa press discusses various subjects, with most papers devoting their columns mainly to the issue on the sharing of State-owned companies, the tensions in South Kivu as well as the various Congolese reactions following George Bush's re-election as President of the…
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Today's local papers mainly focus on various subjects related to the ongoing political and economic situations in the DRC. LE POTENTIEL goes back over the hearing by the parliament of the government-appointed managing directors of the public firms, which is on its second day, adding that an ad hoc…
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Government appointed managing directors of the public firms interrogated by Members of Parliament since Wednesday following the charges of mismanagement holds the front page of today's local papers. LE POTENTIEL says convening of managing directors by MPs as ''a very unusual event'' in the annals of…
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The security agreement reached by the DRC, Rwanda and Uganda is the dominant subject in today's local press in Kinshasa. The DRC, Rwanda and Uganda Foreign Affairs Ministers' meeting in Kigali on 25-26 October reached an agreement on security along their common borders, L'OBSERVATEUR reports, adding…
DRC Press Review
*Original in French The social tension witnessed in Kinshasa on Monday and the adoption by the Parliament of the National Defence Law are the main subjects tackled by much of today's press. Kinshasa came within an ace of a catastrophe on Monday, reports LE POTENTIEL, explaining that tension mounted…
DRC Press Review
Today's press offers the main conclusions from the second preparatory meeting for the International Conference on the Great Lakes that ended in Kinshasa last Saturday. The papers also comment on various subjects related the transition process in the DRC. The second meeting of the regional committee…
DRC Press Review of October 21, 2004
*Original in French Today's local press comments on the Head of UN Peacekeeping Operations, Jean-Marie Guéhenno's current visit to the DRC. Other events covered by the papers include President Joseph Kabila's visit to Kisangani, in eastern DRC, Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba's pending visit to…
DRC Press Review
*Original in French The main focus of today's local press is President Joseph Kabila's address made at the opening of the preparatory meeting for the International Conference on the Great Lakes. But the papers continue to comment on the President's recent visit to Kisangani, in the east of the DRC…
DRC Press Review
*Original in French Kinshasa's press announces for today the launch of the meeting of the Regional Preparatory Committee for the International Conference on Peace and Security in Countries of the Great Lakes. Also, the papers offers more comments on the Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs'…
DRC Press Review
*Original in French Today's local press is widely devoted to DRC President Joseph Kabila's current trip to the country's eastern part. But the papers also offer more comments on the divisive issue regarding the sharing of responsibilities in state-owned companies. 'Joseph Kabila triumphs in…
DRC Press Review for October 15, 2004
*Original in French The issue on the sharing of posts in state-owned companies in the Democratic Republic of the Congo continues to receive media attention this Friday. The die has not yet been cast on the sharing of posts in state-owned companies, claims LE POTENTIEL, which announces the case is…