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Today's local papers mainly focus on various subjects related to the ongoing political and economic situations in the DRC. LE POTENTIEL goes back over the hearing by the parliament of the government-appointed managing…

Government appointed managing directors of the public firms interrogated by Members of Parliament since Wednesday following the charges of mismanagement holds the front page of today's local papers. LE POTENTIEL says…

The security agreement reached by the DRC, Rwanda and Uganda is the dominant subject in today's local press in Kinshasa. The DRC, Rwanda and Uganda Foreign Affairs Ministers' meeting in Kigali on 25-26 October reached an…

*Original in French The social tension witnessed in Kinshasa on Monday and the adoption by the Parliament of the National Defence Law are the main subjects tackled by much of today's press. Kinshasa came within an ace of a…

Today's press offers the main conclusions from the second preparatory meeting for the International Conference on the Great Lakes that ended in Kinshasa last Saturday. The papers also comment on various subjects related the…

*Original in French Today's local press comments on the Head of UN Peacekeeping Operations, Jean-Marie Guéhenno's current visit to the DRC. Other events covered by the papers include President Joseph Kabila's visit to…

*Original in French The main focus of today's local press is President Joseph Kabila's address made at the opening of the preparatory meeting for the International Conference on the Great Lakes. But the papers continue to…

*Original in French Kinshasa's press announces for today the launch of the meeting of the Regional Preparatory Committee for the International Conference on Peace and Security in Countries of the Great Lakes. Also, the papers…

*Original in French Today's local press is widely devoted to DRC President Joseph Kabila's current trip to the country's eastern part. But the papers also offer more comments on the divisive issue regarding the sharing of…

*Original in French The issue on the sharing of posts in state-owned companies in the Democratic Republic of the Congo continues to receive media attention this Friday. The die has not yet been cast on the sharing of posts in…

*Original in French Thursday's local newspapers devote their columns to DRC President Joseph Kabila's planned trip to the East of the country, the announced arrival of UN Under Secretary-General for peacekeeping operations…

*Original in French Most of today's press comments on divisions among the officials of the transition over the issue on the sharing of responsibilities within State-owned companies. Almost all political party leaderships…