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In today's newspaper headlines: (1) Hundreds of civilians are fleeing the eastern town of Goma fearing new fighting. (2)Gen Kisempia, the army chief, and Vice President Azarias Ruberwa met yesterday over the army integration…
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Today's local press in Kinshasa focus on various topics relating to the DRC transitional process, amongst others, the current discussions regarding the new UN mandate at the UN headquarters in New York and the tensions in the…
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A lot of ink continues being spilled over the eight RCD MPs who pulled out of Parliament; most of today's local papers comment is devoted to this issue. RCD (Congolese Rally for Democracy) is boiling, Forum des As says…
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While the reshuffled cabinet was being sworn in yesterday, MLC (Movement for the Liberation of Congo), which retained its Ministers unchanged, reportedly envisaged sacking its Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antoine Ghonda…
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The opening of the Parliament's extraordinary session and the decision made by eight RCD-Goma MPs to suspend their participation in the National Assembly are the major issues commented by today's local press in the DRC, which…
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The majority of today's local papers in Kinshasa mainly comment on the much-awaited cabinet reshuffle made effective last Sunday. The presidential decree on the cabinet reshuffle was made public yesterday Sunday 11 June 2004…
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Today's local papers in Kinshasa focus on the conclusions drawn by the third African Union summit (AU) relating to the DRC crisis and the tensions in North Kivu following several arrests by the military police. The African…
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The new fighting in Ituri, the announced verification mechanism to be put in place between the DRC and Rwanda are the major headlines in today's local papers in Kinshasa. News from Ituri report new fighting in Djegu, 35 km…
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Today's local papers in Kinshasa focus on the third African Union (AU) summit in Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia, more particularly the mini summit on the crisis between the DRC and Rwanda. Commenting the third African Union summit…
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Three major issues hold the front pages of today's local papers: the absence of President Joseph Kabila from the African Union summit in Addis Ababa, debates about the alleged capture of Major Eric Lenge and the deadlocked…
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Today's local papers in Kinshasa announce the capture in Brazzaville of Major Eric Lenge, the mastermind of the failed coup that took place in Kinshasa during the night of 11 June 2004. They also go back over the expected…
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The imminent cabinet reshuffle and appointment of new leadership within the 'People's Party for Reconstruction and Development (PPRD)', close to President Joseph Kabila are the focus for today's local press. Under the…