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Today's local press devotes its comments to the South African president's visit to the DRC and the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for the DRC's speech to the two chambers of deputies. « Thabo Mbeki (is) confident about a successful DRC transition», headlines Le Phare…
It is technically possible to hold DRC elections in 2005
It is technically possible to hold DRC elections in 2005, according to William Swing The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, William Lacy Swing, declared Tuesday in Kinshasa that, as indicated by the UN experts during their recent…
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Today's local press continues reacting to the reorganization of President Joseph Kabila's cabinet. It further devotes its comments to the South African President, Thabo Mbeki's visit to Kinshasa. With the headlines, « President's Cabinet: Joseph Kabila's men», Le Potentiel sums up « the Head of…
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The re-organization of President Joseph Kabila's cabinet features high in today's local press. Some papers further raise the issue relating to the strength of the DRC armed Forces (FARDC) discussed Friday by the Transitional Government during its weekly meeting, President Thabo Mbeki's visit to…
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Today's local press raises the issue of delay in the drafting, examination and adoption of the legislative texts alluding to the International Committee for the Support of the Transition (CIAT in French acronym)'s press release issued on Thursday after a meeting reviewing the outcome of the first…
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Today's Kinshasa press focuses on the extraordinary session of Parliament and Senate that opened Wednesday to examine and adopt several bills of law. The current extraordinary session of the Congolese Parliament and Senate opened Wednesday 7 January 2004, after President Joseph Kabila on Tuesday 6…
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Bills regulating the organization and functioning of the transitional institutions; the South-African Head of State, Thabo Mbeki's working visit to the DRC and the critical situation in Eastern DRC are the major subjects analyzed by today's local press in Kinshasa. President Joseph Kabila signed two…
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Today's local papers in Kinshasa mainly focus on the review of the Transitional Parliament's activities and the Ituri crisis. La Tempête des Tropiques opens with the closing of the October ordinary session of the National Assembly, Monday 5 January 2004, in Kinshasa. The Parliament concluded its…
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Today's local papers mainly focus on the year's end address by President Kabila to the Congolese people. « The year 2004 will be devoted to the consolidation of the national unity» in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, pledged President Joseph Kabila in a televised speech delivered Thursday in…
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The Ituri military situation and MONUC activities in the DR Congo are the lead in today's local press in Kinshasa. Le Potentiel announces a possible attack by the Interahamwe on the civilian population in Ituri. The paper quotes Radio Okapi and the Catholic Misna news Agency as reporting that «…
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MONUC's repatriation operation of the foreign forces in the DRC territory, the military situation in Ituri and the Maniema province as well as the recent provincial inspection tour by Vice-President Ruberwa are the lead in today's local press in Kinshasa. The United Nations Mission repatriated a…
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The adoption of the draft organic law on the functioning and the terms of reference of the Independent Electoral Commission, CEI in French acronym, and the provincial tour by the Vice-President in charge of the political, defense and security commission dominate the political news in today?s local…