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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 Kinshasa. Much is now known about the motive for the brutal expulsions of the…

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, the head of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian…

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 Kinshasa. Decisive roadmap, entitles LE POTENTIEL in its editorial, alluding…

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. LE POTENTIEL reveals that the roadmap which is subdivided into four parts…

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 over the weekend, though the press had announced Saturday that he would…

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-combatants, the financial cooperation programme between the World Bank and…

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 meeting last Tuesday between the Special Representative of the United Nations…

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 population in Eastern DRC. Sharing in the territorial administration: total…

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 territorial administration», L'Avenir declares that the putting-in-place of the…

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 editorial, LA TEMPETE DES TROPIQUES recalls that Major General Joseph Kabila…

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 transitional process highlighting that the government is dragging on. The…

The Monday evening shoot-out in Kisangani, the opening of the Parliament's ordinary session, the commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide are the major news in today's local press in Kinshasa. The headlines in LA REFERENCE PLUS read: Shoot-out yesterday evening in Kisangani «…