News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

DRC's participation to the 59th UN General Assembly's session and Government's efforts to end fighting in eastern DRC are the major headlines in today's local papers. UN General Assembly's debates already started at its headquarters in New York, L'OBSERVATEUR says, indicating that the different…

The spiral of violence in Eastern DRC and the massacre of 14 people in Ituri are the focus of today's local papers in Kinshasa. L'OBSERVATEUR is entitled: People massacred in Lengabo near Bunia, MONUC spokeswoman in Bunia, Rachel Eklou is quoted by the paper as saying that 14 people were killed…

President Joseph Kabila's Appointment of Antoine Ghonda, the former Foreign Affairs Minister from the MLC component as Roving Ambassador sparked off comments from the various local papers published today in Kinshasa. The papers also comment on the DRC electoral process, more particularly the mode of…

Eastern DRC clashes and the electoral process to be discussed by CIAT meeting in New York make the major headlines of today's local papers in Kinshasa. Walikale district, in southwestern part of north Kivu province is the scene of violent clashes, LA TEMPETE DES TROPIQUES says. At least 15 people…

The main focus of today's local papers in Kinshasa is the violent clashes in the Kivus that resulted in a massive exodus. Echoing the catholic Misna news agency, LE POTENTIEL reports violent clashes in North-Kivu province where the 8th military region is based. It further reports that the fighting…

UDPS' (DRC's main opposition's party led by Etienne Tshisekedi) officially registered by the Interior Minister, MONUC's confirmation of the seizure of Minova by FARDC and Belgium's pressures for DRC elections to be organised in time are the major headlines in the majority of today's local papers. LE…

Commanders of South Kivu, North Kivu and Oriental Provinces met in Kinshasa with regard to security situation in eastern DRC: this is the overwhelming subject in today's local papers which also raises the pygmies' withdrawal of cannibalistic charges against Jean-Pierre Bemba's MLC. Generals Mbuja…

After issuing verbal threat against the rebel Laurent Nkunda's troops having allegedly spread panic in Minova and the surrounding localities, General Mbuja Mabe, commander of the 10th military region, goes into action, report the majority of today's local papers in Kinshasa. Sticking to his words…

Today's local papers raise all a risk of fresh hostilities between the Congolese Armed Forces 'FARDC' and General Laurent Nkunda's dissident troops, at a time when an assessment of the Transition is being made. Information received from eastern DRC, notably in the military area, are far from…

The dominant topic in today's local papers in Kinshasa is the tense debate around RCD's memorandum in yesterday's cabinet meeting during which Vice-President Azarias Ruberwa apologised to President Joseph Kabila. According to information from ''very reliable sources'' quoted by LE POTENTIEL ''Vice…

Monday's extraordinary cabinet meeting was devoted to the Transition's assessment, says today's local press in Kinshasa. Referring to ''a huge impact of Thabo Mbeki's visit on the Presidential circle'', LE PALMARES notes that Transition's assessment began just a few days ago after the South African…

Today's local newspapers in Kinshasa are focusing their attention on the various actions initiated by the political stakeholders of the transition process. LE POTENTIEL gives an assessment of the transition, and mentions the head of state's determination, ''to kick-start the transitional machinery…