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All the local papers published this Monday focus on the fierce debates around the prolongation of the transition, against the backdrop of the head of the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI)'s declaration that the general…

Review of the electoral process by the Independent Electoral Commission 'CEI' and MONUC military activities in Eastern DRC are the dominant subjects covered by today's local press. The CEI chief, Father Apollinaire Malu Malu…

Today's local press focuses its comments on the security situation in Eastern DRC, notably North and South Kivus as well as the talks between the Ituri Brigade Generals and President Joseph Kabila. Some papers goes back over…

RCD's meeting of its Founders College dominates today's local press. Some of the local papers also go back over President Kabila's trip to Libya to meet with Libyan president and UDPS' position with regard to the upcoming…

The situation in Eastern DRC, the elections due in 2005 and the meeting of RCD's Founding College are the major issues covered by today's local press. « Le POTENTIEL has reviewed the last 12 month-situation and concluded,…

South Kivu's destabilization and the upcoming elections are the lead stories in today's local press. Some local papers go back over the suspension of the cabinet ministers and the coming visit by the Belgian Minister of…

Despite the apparent calm prevailing in North Kivu, there is growing protests against the buffer zone established around Kanyabayonga district. Today's papers broadly comment on the UN peacekeepers' deployment between the…

North Kivu crisis in Eastern DRC continues to dominate the front page of the local press, which mainly focuses today on MONUC's decision to establish a buffer zone around Kanyabayonga and the attempts for conciliation of the…

Rwanda's lifting of its threat to intervene in Eastern DRC is the lead story in today's local press, commenting on a declaration by Rwandan Foreign Affairs Minister. The same papers also echo the catholic Bishops' message…

Foreign troops' presence in Eastern DRC confirmed by MONUC and the visit of the European Commissioner for Humanitarian Assistance and Development, Louis Michel, are the lead stories in today's local press. « The UN has…

Increasingly alarming and uncertain military situation in Kanyabayonga (Eastern DRC), today?s local papers say, alluding to recent developments on the ground. « Government troops reportedly pushed back in northern city», La…

Today's local papers mainly focus on the DRC political and military situations dominated by the North Kivu war and, amongst others, the reassignment of military regions' commanders, the abortion of the Great Lakes African…