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The majority of today's local papers in Kinshasa mainly comment on the much-awaited cabinet reshuffle made effective last Sunday. The presidential decree on the cabinet reshuffle was made public yesterday Sunday 11 June 2004, L'Observateur announces, underscoring that ''only the Government, RCD-Goma…
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Today's local papers in Kinshasa focus on the conclusions drawn by the third African Union summit (AU) relating to the DRC crisis and the tensions in North Kivu following several arrests by the military police. The African Union summit held in Addis-Ababa from 6 to 8 July 2004 had its day, L…
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The new fighting in Ituri, the announced verification mechanism to be put in place between the DRC and Rwanda are the major headlines in today's local papers in Kinshasa. News from Ituri report new fighting in Djegu, 35 km from Bunia between militias of the Forces Armées du Peuple Congolais (FAPC)…
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Today's local papers in Kinshasa focus on the third African Union (AU) summit in Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia, more particularly the mini summit on the crisis between the DRC and Rwanda. Commenting the third African Union summit opened last Tuesday in Addis-Ababa and attended by forty African presidents…
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Three major issues hold the front pages of today's local papers: the absence of President Joseph Kabila from the African Union summit in Addis Ababa, debates about the alleged capture of Major Eric Lenge and the deadlocked cabinet reshuffle. President Joseph Kabila is not travelling to Addis Ababa…
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Today's local papers in Kinshasa announce the capture in Brazzaville of Major Eric Lenge, the mastermind of the failed coup that took place in Kinshasa during the night of 11 June 2004. They also go back over the expected reshuffle of the Transition government and raise DRC's participation in the…
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The imminent cabinet reshuffle and appointment of new leadership within the 'People's Party for Reconstruction and Development (PPRD)', close to President Joseph Kabila are the focus for today's local press. Under the headline Cabinet reshuffle: Political parties on their guard, LE POTENTIEL heralds…
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Kinshasa local papers today devote their comments to president Kabila's message to the Nation on the occasion of the commemoration of the 44th Independence Day. In a ''vibrant'' message addressed by Joseph Kabila, on the Independence Day, the president calls on the Congolese people to fight…
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The 44th Independence of the DRC coinciding with the 1st year of its Transition as well as the series of nominations in the territorial administration are the dominant news covered by today's local press in Kinshasa. The papers also refer to MONUC's participation in the operation ''Kinshasa a…
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Today's local press provides a detailed account of the Abuja summit between presidents Joseph Kabila of the DRC and Paul Kagame of Rwanda. The papers also comment on the fate of Colonel Jules Mutebutsi and the military situation in eastern DRC. The headlines in LE PHARE read: Kabila, a risky pledge…
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Today's local papers devote their headlines to the summit meeting scheduled to take place in Abuja, Nigeria today, between presidents Joseph Kabila of DRC and Paul Kagamé of Rwanda. President Joseph Kabila and his counterpart Paul Kagamé are due to meet this Friday 25 June in Abuja under the…
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Most of today's local papers devote their headlines to the UN Security Council declaration issued by its decision-makers' body proposing, among other things, to equip MONUC with a rapid reaction force. The papers also echo the findings made by a team investigating the 27 to 28 March coup attempt in…