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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…

* Original in French The attention of Monday's Kinshasa press is mainly focused on the publication by the Independent Electoral Commission of the first returns from last week's runoff presidential election. Since Saturday…

The top story in today's local press is the compilation of the results of the presidential runoff. The compilation "is proceeding normally," reports L'Observateur, indicating, "The Independent Electoral Commission CEI in…

The top story in today's local paper in Kinshasa is the last Sunday presidential runoff. Ballots are now being compiled at 62 liaison centres, says Le Palmarès, indicating, "Contenders' camps are also doing their own…