L'AVENIR sees "Mr. Kagame's hand seeking to impose the closed lists," alluding to his interview to the Belgian paper Le Soir. The paper further refers to "the current military unrest in North Kivu as another wave of pressures." With respect to the "military unrest," LA TEMPÊTE DES TROPIQUES mentions the "Sunday 29 January attack on the army headquarters of the 5th integrated brigade by insurgents, notably the Kinyarwanda-speaking troops under Laurent Nkunda Batware, a former member of the Rwandan patriotic army..."

L'OBSERVATEUR, for its part, focuses on the UN Security Council's meeting that issued "a resolution against the militiamen." In the territory of Rutshuru, "district chiefs have rallied to combat Nkundabatware," writes L'OBSERVATEUR.

LE PHARE comments on Guatemalan Government's reaction to the assassination of its peacekeepers in the Garamba Park. Through its Minister of Foreign Affairs, Guatemala has "called into question the UN report about the murder of its Peacekeepers," writes LE PHARE which concludes: "Mr. William Swing is in trouble."

FORUM DES AS and LA RÉFÉRENCE PLUS devote their headlines to the announcement by Jean-Pierre Bemba of his candidacy for the upcoming Presidential elections.