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Today, the front-page stories in Kinshasa newspapers cover a variety of subjects. Reporting that the DR Congo's Congolese Supreme Court is set to hold a sitting today to consider losing presidential candidate, Vice President…

The main headlines from Kinshasa newspapers today are related to yesterday's violent events outside the DRC's Supreme Court building. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court was scheduled to hold its first hearing on the challenge…

There is no major development announced in today's Kinshasa press. Le Potentiel writes: "Today, [the Supreme Court] is due to hold its the first hearing regarding presidential runner-up Jean-Pierre Bemba's challenge to the…

Most newspaper stories in Kinshasa today are related to presidential runner-up Jean-Pierre Bemba's legal challenge to the provisional official results of the 20 October runoff election. As announced, DRC Vice President Jean…

Today's Kinshasa press comments are largely devoted to presidential candidate Jean-Pierre Bemba's declaration yesterday announcing he does not accept the provisional results from the second and final round of the presidential…

The imminent publication of the presidential run-off results by the Independent Electoral Commission CEI is the dominant issue in today's local press. "Except a last minute hitch, the results will be published today," says Le…

Most of the local papers comment on Catholic Archbishop's reaction to the partial results published thus far by the Independent Electoral Commission known as CEI. From Paris where, "he is undergoing medical care," the…

Today's local press mainly focuses on last Saturday violence in Gombé district. Saturday 11 November, "Gombe was the scene of small arms and heavy weapon gun firing," reports Le Potentiel. It was triggered by the "young…

* Original: French The ongoing publication of partial results from the 29 October runoff presidential election between President Joseph Kabila and Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba continues to receive lots of attention in…

* Original: French T he ongoing publication of partial results from the DRC's 29 October runoff presidential election continues to make the headlines of Kinshasa newspapers. With partial results still trickling in, Le…

*Original: French Featuring prominently in today's Kinshasa press is the head-to-head meeting Tuesday between President Joseph Kabila and Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba, who faced each other in a runoff presidential vote on…

* Original: French Most of Tuesday's Kinshasa press is related to the DR Congo Independent Electoral Commission (IEC)'s ongoing process of releasing results from last week's runoff presidential election between incumbent…