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Press Review

Today's local press devotes their comments on the prevailing insecurity in the East of the Democratic Republic of the Congo with the confirmed presence of Rwandan troops, the rumours on the nomination of a coordinator for…

Press Review

Expulsions of Congolese from Angola, rumours about the presence of Rwandan soldiers in Eastern DRC and the long-awaited nominations for territorial administration constitute the major issues broached by today's papers in…

Press Review

Most of today's local papers in Kinshasa express indignation over the mass expulsion of Congolese from Angola, accompanied by gross human rights abuses. During MONUC's weekly news conference last Wednesday, Gilbert Gitelman…

Press Review

The publication of Government's roadmap has given rise to several comments by the local Press analysing its twists and turns. Today's papers also mention some new developments on the tense relations between Brazzaville and…

Press Review

The official publication of the elections roadmap by the President's office containing the different activities to be carried out by the transitional institutions up to the elections is the major news in today's local press…

DRC Press Review

Much of today's press in Kinshasa is devoted to the lingering question of nominating provincial governors, along with the security problem in the DRC's capital. President Joseph Kabila did not appoint new provincial governors…

Press Review

The local press keeps commenting on Mr. William Swing's recent visit to Libreville. Some of today's papers raise (once again) the Territorial administration, the disarmament and demobilisation operations of he Congolese ex…

Press Review

Mr. William Lacy Swing's visit to Libreville features high in today's local press. The press also goes back over the long awaited putting-in-place of the Territorial administration. According to LE PALMARES, Libreville's…

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A lot of ink continues to be spilled over the long awaited putting-in-place of the territorial administration in the local press. In addition to this, today's local papers raise the killing and harassment of the civilian…

Press Review

Today's local press mainly comments on the nominations of governors, the coordination of the Transitional Government and the disarmament operation of the Ituri armed groups. Under the headline «Agreement is reached on…

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The first anniversary of President Joseph Kabila as the Head of the reunified DRC and the visit of the British Minister of International Cooperation Hilary Benn to Kinshasa are the major news in today's local papers. In its…

Press Review

Today's local papers in Kinshasa comment on various topics relating to the transitional process. They also discuss the commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide. LE POTENTIEL proposes an analysis of the…