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Today's local press is mainly focused on the situation in the eastern DRC. "Clashes took place yesterday at Rumamgabo, 50 kilometers from the town of Goma and in Rugari, 30 kilometers from the administrative town of North…

This Friday 19 October 2007, the Kinshasa press makes its headlines with the departure of William Swing as United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary General for the DRC. "After an exceptionally long mandate in…

The principal columns of the daily newspapers published today in Kinshasa are devoted to the press conference given yesterday in Goma by DRC president Joseph Kabila. And, during this meeting with journalists the head of the…

Today the Kinshasa newspapers devote their principal pages to the situation in eastern DRC. In North Kivu, Le Phare says the "suspense is terrible". This is particularly so as "president Kabila, in agreement with the…

On Tuesday 16 October 2007, the Kinshasa press makes its headlines with the meeting yesterday in Goma between president Kabila and the ambassadors of Belgium, France, the United Kingdom and South Africa, as well as MONUC head…

In the Kinshasa press, the main focus is on the visit of president Joseph Kabila to Goma. On Sunday 14 October 2007 president Kabila arrived in Goma at the "head of a delegation in particular made up of the ministers of…

The situation in eastern DRC is the principal focus of the Kinshasa newspapers this Thursday 11 October 2007. "Fighting is taking place in the territory of Masisi between the FARDC and the loyalists of Laurent Nkunda,"…

On Wednesday 10 October 2007 the Kinshasa press focuses on the National Assembly debate on the crash landing of the Antonov 26 in Kingasani suburb, Kinshasa on 4 October last. "The debate [was] surging yesterday in the Palais…

Today's local papers once again focus on the new fights in eastern DRC. Le Potentiel reports "intense fights in eastern DRC" while La Tempête des Tropiques refers to "an all-out offensive launched by the dissident Nkunda with…

Today the Kinshasa press devotes its principal columns to the resumption of clashes in eastern DRC. Last Saturday clashes were renewed between the FARDC and troops loyal to ex-general, Laurent Kunda. These clashes, specifies…

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…