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The tentative results of the constitutional referendum published by the Independent Electoral Commission IEC, a squabbling among UDPS members and controversy between MLC leader and secretary-general are the various issues…

Disagreement between the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) and the Union pour la Démocratie et le Progrès Social (UDPS) over reopening polling stations continues fuelling debates as reported in today's local press. Trial…

Independent Electoral Commission's response to UDPS request concerning the reopening of identification and registration offices and UDPS reaction are the dominant issues in today's local press. "The head of the Independent…

President Kabila and UDPS year-end speeches are the top issues in today's local press. "The year 2005 with its waves of turbulence is definitely over. 2006 turns the new page of a country anxiously awaiting to recover its…

Review of the electoral law by the National Assembly, arrest of a "no" member to the recent constitutional referendum, pastor Théodore Ngoy and President Kabila's 2005-Year-End speech are the three issues commented by today's…

Review of the electoral law by the Parliament today and electoral calendar are the dominant issues in today's local press. Local papers also comment on the military offensive in Eastern DRC and the routing of Ugandan rebels.…

Today's local press focus on diverse issues, notably: the call for the cancellation of the constitutional referendum by those who advocated the "No", the projected electoral calendar and UDPS reaction to RCD's proposals for…

MONUC-backed FARDC military operations against Ugandan rebels and RCD-UDPS fresh alliance are the major issues in today's local press. L'OBSERVATEUR focuses on the ongoing military operations in Ituri and North-Kivu. The…

Most papers comment on the results of the 18 and 19 December 2005 polls while LE POTENTIEL focuses on an exclusive interview with the European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Assistance, Louis Michel, over the…

Congolese people were eagerly expecting even a partial result of the constitutional referendum yesterday; unfortunately the national television which already organised a program on the referendum, "informed at 23 h, that the…

Response by DRC Supreme Court to President Kabila's request on whether the amnesty law could apply to the people who assassinated a president (President Kabila) is the major issue in LE PALMARES while t he rest of the papers…

UDPS Tshisekedi calls on the Congolese people to stay home and boycott the referendum, headline LE PHARE, LE POTENTIEL and LA TEMPETE DES TROPIQUES. "Exactly three minutes, say from 17h25 to 17h28 like a whole life or history…