Suspension of support for Government's budget package and the surge of insecurity in the city of Kinshasa are the major issues commented by today's local papers.

The headlines in La Référence Plus paper read: "IMF and World Bank Suspend Financial Support to DRC." The paper also reports: "Over one billion US dollars to support Government's budget package disappears and Government is obliged to cut its expenses by half." For Le Potentiel, the decision "bodes ill for the DRC." The paper further says Government economic program is now replaced by a stabilization program which bans any assistance to the country by foreign partners.

L'Observateur and La Référence Plus report "Independent Electoral Commission CEI has ordered ballot papers from South Africa," echoing CEI 2nd Vice-President's statement to a news conference on Monday 8 May. "The printing of the ballot papers will take 32 days while the deployment of the voting equipments across the DRC territory36 days," further say both papers.

Le Palmarès reports "an attack on Mwanza locality, North Katanga by a Maï Maï group known as Bubango, led by a Mr. Mwimba, Gédéon's former ally." While insecurity is fuelled by the Maï Maï in Katanga, increase in gangsterism is reported in Kinshasa. Besides the gangsterism, young drug addicts have started operating even daytime in some of the districts of Kinshasa. La Référence Plus informs, "Some organized police and ex-Faz troops have joined street children in terrorizing and ransoming customers in shops."

Le Phare reports "campus unrest at the university." L'Avenir, for its part, refers to the "the surge of insecurity in Kinshasa as an alarming situation."

Referring to the waves of insecurity, Le Potentiel recalls that insecurity issue was addressed by the DRC Security Board on 6 - 8 May. The paper goes on to say: "To ensure security during the electoral period, troops must be cantoned and not be allowed to move about with weapons; the military equipment used by belligerents during the five-year war must be handed over to the army; troops must often be inspected, and the military and police officers found guilty of abuse must be punished."