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Today's papers focus on Tuesday's threat by the Congolese Rally for Democracy (RCD) to withdraw from the government and other transitional institutions. Some papers also raise the security situation in Ituri. The headline in La Tempête des Tropiques reads: «Transition: another unnecessary crisis»…
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Announcing the cabinet meeting to be chaired by President Joseph Kabila today, the Congolese press once again alerts people to the rising tension in the presidential circle. It also raises the Civil Society's negotiations in view of the upcoming appointments within the territorial administration and…
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Today's local press spotlight is on President Joseph Kabila's interview with the Congolese press during which he addressed the Olenghankoy dossier, the appointment of governors and vice-governors in provinces, and the controversy over his address to the Belgian Senate and elections While some…
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No meeting will take place between Jean-Pierre Bemba and Olenghankoy, announces the local press, highlighting that the purpose of the meeting was to clear up the misunderstanding between the Vice-President for Economic and Financial matters and the Minister of Transport. Some papers raise the Civil…
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Today's local press focuses on MONUC troop-deployment operations in Eastern DRC, the CIAT (International Community for the Support of the Transition)'s concern over the functioning of the CEI (Independent Electoral Commission), Students' demonstration at the Kisangani University and the follow-up on…
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MONUC activities in the DRC, the Elections, the political front between the Opposition and MLC, against the backdrop of Olenghankoy's dossier, and the turmoil within the National Assembly are the cover stories in today's local papers in Kinshasa. The talks between the Special Representative of the…
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Topics raised by the Congolese press this Tuesday, 17 February, relate to the security situation in Ituri, northeastern DRC; the message of the Congolese catholic bishops on the peace process and the follow-up on the Olenghankoy-Jean Pierre Bemba dossier. L'Observateur devotes its headlines to Ituri…
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New Series of Crises within the Presidential Circle and the Political Opposition regarding ''Olenghankoy's dossier'', notes today's press in Kinshasa, raising a fresh showdown between Vice-Presidents Yerodia Abdoulaye Ndombasi and Jean-Pierre Bemba. « Government Crisis. » Under this editorial title…
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The meeting between the International Committee for the Support of the Transition (CIAT) and the members of the two chambers of Parliament, the Security Council meeting on the ongoing situation in the DRC as well as the other issues relating to the political situation in the DRC dominate in today's…
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The analysis of President Joseph Kabila's speech to the Belgian Senate, the UN Security Council Meeting in New York on the DRC peace process and the security situation in North Eastern DRC feature high in today's local press in Kinshasa. The headlines in L'Avenir paper read: «President Joseph Kabila…
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All the Local Press in Kinshasa today devote their comments to the outcome of President Joseph Kabila's tour of Europe, particularly marked by the improvement in relations between the DRC and Belgium. Some papers mention the squabbling between the Movement for the Liberation of Congo (MLC-led by…
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MLC (Movement for the Liberation of Congo)'s requirements may provoke a crisis within the Transitional Government, feels the Congolese press in Kinshasa which this Tuesday 10 February once more raises ''Olenghankoy's dossier''. Some papers raise President Joseph Kabila's tour to Europe, the general…