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Most of today's local papers devote their headlines to Rwanda's threats to attack the Forces of the Liberation of Rwanda known as the FDLR in the DRC territory. The headlines in LE PHARE read: Kigali threatens to attack FDLR…

The major headlines in today's local press is the ongoing tour of the UN Security Council delegation to the Great Lakes and the audit report on public firms submitted to President Kabila through the Parliament for examination…

Today's local press report on the visit of a UN Security Council Team to the Democratic Republic of Congo. They also comment on the alleged tense relations between the DRC and the Kingdom of Belgium. Visibly uninformed about…

The most dominant news in today's local papers is the international conference on peace, security and development in the Great Lakes region. Dar-es-Salaam, the capital city of Tanzania will host the international conference…

Insecurity in North Kivu, the UN Security Council's tour to the Great Lakes region and the reported embezzlement within the public firms are the major subjects dealt with in today's local papers. Defence Minister Jean-Pierre…

*Original in French Today's press is devoted to the growing insecurity in eastern DRC and the mass protests this situation has caused in the region and in Kinshasa. Describing the security situation in eastern DRC as alarming…

Today's local papers mainly focus on the outcomes of the recent meetings between the DRC and its Donors in Kinshasa as well as President Kabila's postponed trip to Kindu. President Kabila officially opened the Consultative…

Disarmament of foreign armed groups in DRC by FARDC (Congolese armed forces) in collaboration with MONUC, the integration of Congolese troops, the conference on peace, security and development in the Great Lakes region…

Today's local press focus on the obstacles to the work of the DRC Transition's Institutions, more particularly the Parliamentary and Government. They also comment on the protest march organised by Goma residents against…

The sharing of management posts in public firms, the future DRC Constitution, the tracking of Interahamwe by FARDC as well as the recent clashes between PPRD members (People's Party for Reconstruction and Development led by…

Today's local papers report new clashes in Eastern DRC between two factions of the Congolese Armed Forces known as FARDC. They also comment on the recommendation issued by a UN expert for the creation of an International…

*Original in French Today's Kinshasa press discusses various subjects, with most papers devoting their columns mainly to the issue on the sharing of State-owned companies, the tensions in South Kivu as well as the various…