DRC Press Review
Today's Kinshasa's press offers abundant comments on the 2004 State budget submitted to the Parliament for approval, while the main headlines focus the proposed remunerations for President Joseph Kabila and his four Vice-Presidents. The papers also mention the concerns of the International Committee…
DRC Press Review
President Joseph Kabila should explain to the public the reasons for the delay recorded in the nomination of new provincial governors, which he has announced for the end of February, some of today's Kinshasa's newspapers suggest. The papers also mention Thursday's meeting between the President and…
DRC Press Review
The news, as reported in today's Kinshasa's press, is dominated primarily by an assessment of the transitional process, the security situation in Bukavu where MONUC has discovered new arms caches, a debate within the Transitional Parliament on the question relative to the army's reunification. Also…
DRC Press Review
Today's press is full anxiety, with all Kinshasa's newspapers carrying details of the incidents that marred International Women's Day celebrations, revealing the existence of a plot against Vice President Azarias Ruberwa and the increasing tension between the Congolese Rally for Democracy (RCD) and…
DRC Press Review
In today's press, Kinshasa's newspapers comment on the military operations of the Ituri Brigade in Bunia, the commander of the 10th military region's return to Kinshasa after last week's incidents in Bukavu and the Vice President of the Republic in charge of the Commission on Political, Defence and…
DRC Press Review
The crisis in Bukavu in the East of the Democratic Republic of the Congo - where MONUC has started deploying new forces -, the campaign orchestrated by civil society organisations against the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative in the country, as well as national activities relating to…
DRC Press Review
DRC civil society organisations disapprove the role of the UN Secretary-General's Representative for the DR Congo, says today's Kinshasa's newspapers. They also consider the question of the disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration of combatants in Ituri, the bill on amnesty, as well as the…
DRC Press Review
The recent developments of the situation in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the joint efforts of the Transitional Government and the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for the DRC to ease the recent tensions in Bukavu and Ituri, and the nomination of provincial Governors…
DRC Press Review
This Wednesday (March 10th) Kinshasa's press devotes its main headlines to the increasing insecurity in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, a situation particularly marked by troubles in Bukavu and Bunia. Some newspapers broach the controversy surrounding the holding of [future] elections and…
DRC Press Review
Newspapers appearing today (March 2nd, 2004) in the Congolese capital devote the bulk of their headlines to the situation in Bukavu where demonstrations were reported yesterday. They also broach recent incidents in Bunia. " No MONUC vehicles were seen in the streets of the provincial capital of…
DRC Press Review
The situation in Bunia, in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the ongoing political crisis at the highest levels of the Congolese State constitute the main news topics commented on by newspapers appearing this Monday, 1st of March 2004 in Kinshasa. Last Friday in Bunia, a public…
Press Review
The recent obstacles faced by MONUC troops during their operations in Gbadolite and Ituri, the military situation in South Kivu immediately after the Bukavu troubles and the political settlement of the Olenghankoy affair, Minister of Transports' dossier are the dominant news in today's local press.…