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Friday's newspaper headlines in Kinshasa are dominated by Thurday's deadly plane crash in the Kingasani neighbourhood of the teeming Congolese capital. The crash happened when "the [Russian-made] Antonov aircraft 'El Sam'…

The security situation in Eastern DR Congo continued today to make headlines in Kinshasa's newspapers. That situation was discussed at a meeting of National Assembly Members from North Kivu province. During their meeting…

The meeting of military chiefs of general staff of the DRC, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi, which ended in Lubumbashi, Katanga province on 2 October, features prominently in today's Kinshasa newspapers. According to La Tempête…

Today's local papers mainly deal with the meeting between the chiefs of Army staff of Rwanda, Burundi, DRC and Uganda. The meeting is being held "behind closed doors in Lubumbashi," reports Le Palmarès. Le Potentiel says "…

The majority of today's local papers mainly comment on a possible DRC cabinet reshuffle shortly. In this respect, Forum des As reports, "the new reshuffled cabinet will be known this week." Le Potentiel, for its part, refers…

The speech of President Joseph Kabila at the 62nd session of the United Nations General Assembly was the main subject today in the Kinshasa press. As envisaged, President Joseph Kabila gave a speech yesterday Thursday 27…

The speech of DRC president Joseph Kabila before the General Assembly of the United Nations in New York today is the main subject of one of the Kinshasa daily newspapers. Indeed, it is "in the middle of the day that president…

On Wednesday 26 September, 2007, the Kinshasa press focuses on the participation of the DRC in the General Assembly of the United Nations. The Democratic Republic of Congo "has just been elected to the vice presidency of the…

This Tuesday 25 September 2007, the Kinshasa newspapers devote their principal columns to the resumption of clashes in eastern DRC between the FARDC and rebels loyal to ex FARDC General Laurent Kunda. Confrontations began…

The Kinshasa press headlines the visit of DRC president Joseph Kabila in Belgium and in New York where he will attend the general meeting of the United Nations. As announced, president Kabila arrived yesterday in Belgium…

Today's local papers deal with various topics. UN / MONUC - "Ban Ki-Moon, the UN Secretary-General is greatly concerned about insecurity in eastern DRC, notably the North Kivu province," reports La Tempête des Tropiques. The…

Senator Jean-Pierre Bemba's interview with RTBF is the dominant issue in today's local press. The headlines in La Tempête des Tropiques read: "Jean-Pierre Bemba (Joseph Kabila's major challenger to the presidential election)…