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The situation in Bunia, in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the ongoing political crisis at the highest levels of the Congolese State constitute the main news topics commented on by newspapers appearing this…

The recent obstacles faced by MONUC troops during their operations in Gbadolite and Ituri, the military situation in South Kivu immediately after the Bukavu troubles and the political settlement of the Olenghankoy affair…

Today's papers focus on Tuesday's threat by the Congolese Rally for Democracy (RCD) to withdraw from the government and other transitional institutions. Some papers also raise the security situation in Ituri. The headline in…

Announcing the cabinet meeting to be chaired by President Joseph Kabila today, the Congolese press once again alerts people to the rising tension in the presidential circle. It also raises the Civil Society's negotiations in…

Today's local press spotlight is on President Joseph Kabila's interview with the Congolese press during which he addressed the Olenghankoy dossier, the appointment of governors and vice-governors in provinces, and the…

No meeting will take place between Jean-Pierre Bemba and Olenghankoy, announces the local press, highlighting that the purpose of the meeting was to clear up the misunderstanding between the Vice-President for Economic and…

Today's local press focuses on MONUC troop-deployment operations in Eastern DRC, the CIAT (International Community for the Support of the Transition)'s concern over the functioning of the CEI (Independent Electoral Commission…

MONUC activities in the DRC, the Elections, the political front between the Opposition and MLC, against the backdrop of Olenghankoy's dossier, and the turmoil within the National Assembly are the cover stories in today's…

Topics raised by the Congolese press this Tuesday, 17 February, relate to the security situation in Ituri, northeastern DRC; the message of the Congolese catholic bishops on the peace process and the follow-up on the…

New Series of Crises within the Presidential Circle and the Political Opposition regarding ''Olenghankoy's dossier'', notes today's press in Kinshasa, raising a fresh showdown between Vice-Presidents Yerodia Abdoulaye…

The meeting between the International Committee for the Support of the Transition (CIAT) and the members of the two chambers of Parliament, the Security Council meeting on the ongoing situation in the DRC as well as the other…

The analysis of President Joseph Kabila's speech to the Belgian Senate, the UN Security Council Meeting in New York on the DRC peace process and the security situation in North Eastern DRC feature high in today's local press…