Press Review
Today's media spotlight has fallen on a poll carried out in Kinshasa to reflect the voting intentions of the Congolese in the next elections. "Should presidential elections take place now, Etienne Tshisekedi would win 24.1% of the votes versus 22.8% for president Joseph Kabila'', reports LA TEMPETE…
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Today's local papers in Kinshasa devote their headlines to the normalization of relations between Brazzaville and Kinshasa, after the tensions between both countries following last weekend's events in Kinshasa. FORUM DES AS recalls that relations between Brazzaville and Kinshasa became strained due…
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The message issued by the International Committee for the Support of the Transition (CIAT) on the occasion of the 1st anniversary of the signing of the All-inclusive Agreement and the subsequent developments on the Sunday events in Kinshasa feature high in today's local papers. ''A year later, the…
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The event of 28 March in Kinshasa continues to spark local press comments. Today's papers echo various reactions from the International Community and some DRC political players. The headlines in LE PHARE read: "The mystery remains!" noting that nothing new has come out regarding the major events…
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A coup reportedly foiled in Kinshasa from Saturday to Sunday night, say most local papers in Kinshasa today. ''Kinshasa had a very agitated Saturday and Sunday night. The gun shots heard in the vicinities of the main military barracks awoke the population in Kinshasa with a start'', reports L'AVENIR…
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Today's local papers in Kinshasa devote their headlines to various subjects, amongst others, the arrival of American experts in atomic energy in Kinshasa following the seizure of a large quantity of enriched uranium in DRC. American specialists have already arrived in Kinshasa for an assessment of…
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Today's papers in Kinshasa mention various reactions to the putting in place of the territorial administration following a power-sharing agreement, among the components and entities, grabbed by the Government. In an article entitled "the secrets about the putting in place of the territorial…
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Yesterday's extraordinary cabinet meeting culminated in a power-sharing agreement on the provincial administration, say today's local papers in Kinshasa. ''The DRC Government hardly grabbed a power-sharing agreement on the administration of its 11 provinces among its components and entities late…
DRC Press Review
The Senate hearing of the Minister of the Interior, Decentralisation and Security, Théophile Mbemba, is widely covered by Kinshasa's newspapers of Mach 19. The papers also broach the activities of the UN Mission in Ituri and Bukavu. Invited to the Senate yesterday, Mr. Théophile Mbemba explained…
DRC Press Review
The demonstration held in Kinshasa yesterday in support of MONUC, as well as the insecurity in the Congolese capital and other parts of the country constitute the main points covered by Kinshasa's newspapers of March 18, 2004. The paper also analyse the transitional process that seems to be at a…
DRC Press Review
Kinshasa's press of March 17 devotes its main headlines to the postponement of parliamentary debates on the proposed 2004 State budget, the discussion between the DRC President and his four Vice-Presidents over the nominations within the provincial administration and the investigation relating to…
DRC Press Review
In the wake of the announced parliamentary debates on the 2004 State budget, along with the proposed salaries for the DRC President and his four Vice-Presidents, today's press carries reactions from some opposition leaders accusing those in power of delaying, in the name of sectarian interests, the…