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The visit by the delegation of the International Criminal Court (ICC), the extension of arms embargo on eastern DRC by the Security Council, the double nationality-relating issue discussed by the Parliament and «Diomi Ndongala's Affairs», are the lead stories in today's local media. « An ICC…

*Original in French Wednesday's local press raises questions about whether the elections timetable would be respected. The papers also discuss the question of nationality under consideration in Parliament and the report on the latest Council of Ministers meeting, among other subjects. ' Eleven…

*Original in French Today's Kinshasa press is mainly devoted to the question of the financing of future general elections planned for June 2005. Other subjects include the question of nationality under discussion in the Senate. ' 280 million dollars are needed to organise elections in the DRC'…

*Original in French Monday's newspaper headlines are devoted mainly to the following: the criticism levelled at the Transitional Parliament, reports mentioning a recruitment of mercenaries to destabilise the DRC and the imminent arrival of International Criminal Court (ICC) investigators. Some…

Today's newspapers mainly focus on the sacking of Antoine Ghonda as Minister of Foreign Affairs and his replacement by Ramazani Baya. ' Ramazani Baya replaces Ghonda as Minister of Foreign Affairs,' L'AVENIR announces. According to the paper, during Mobutu's time, Ramazani, 43, was ex-Zaire's…

Today's newspapers mainly focus on the sacking of Antoine Ghonda as Minister of Foreign Affairs and his replacement by Ramazani Baya. ' i>Ramazani Baya replaces Ghonda as Minister of Foreign Affairs,' L'AVENIR announces. According to the paper, during Mobutu's time, Ramazani, 43, was ex-Zaire's…

*Original in French The precarious situation prevailing in North and South Kivu provinces constitutes the main focus of today's press, as the papers report on Wednesday's MONUC weekly news briefing. The papers also consider the apparently imminent sacking of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antoine…

In today's newspaper headlines: (1) Hundreds of civilians are fleeing the eastern town of Goma fearing new fighting. (2)Gen Kisempia, the army chief, and Vice President Azarias Ruberwa met yesterday over the army integration process; (3) The draft law on nationality under discussion in the…

Today's local press in Kinshasa focus on various topics relating to the DRC transitional process, amongst others, the current discussions regarding the new UN mandate at the UN headquarters in New York and the tensions in the Kivus. The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General…

A lot of ink continues being spilled over the eight RCD MPs who pulled out of Parliament; most of today's local papers comment is devoted to this issue. RCD (Congolese Rally for Democracy) is boiling, Forum des As says, referring to ''a pernicious atmosphere prevailing within this party that may…

While the reshuffled cabinet was being sworn in yesterday, MLC (Movement for the Liberation of Congo), which retained its Ministers unchanged, reportedly envisaged sacking its Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antoine Ghonda, comment most of today's local papers in Kinshasa. ''President Joseph Kabila…

The opening of the Parliament's extraordinary session and the decision made by eight RCD-Goma MPs to suspend their participation in the National Assembly are the major issues commented by today's local press in the DRC, which also go back over the cabinet reshuffle. Convened by President Kabila, the…