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Most of today's local papers in Kinshasa devote their headlines to yesterday's clashes in Bukavu. They also go back over the swearing-in of the new governors and vice-governors, amidst protests. ''Automatic weapons'…

President Kabila's recent crusade against corruption sparks various reactions that feature high in today's local press in Kinshasa. The press goes back over the territorial Administration and comments on the tour of the UN…

Although a presidential decree appointing governors and vice-governors was published last week, the dossier regarding the Territorial Administration is far from being closed, according to today's comments by local papers in…

Today's local press in Kinshasa raises various subjects ranging from an alleged presence of Rwandan troops in Bandundu to the turmoil within the political parties, following the nomination of new governors. Under the headline…

New turmoil in today's local press: Besides the visit of the United Nations Under Secretary-General for Peacekeeping operations, raised by some papers, the majority of the newspapers provide more details on the protests…

A lot of ink continues to be spilled over the nominations of new governors as shown by the various comments in today's local press in Kinshasa. Castigating the ''struggle for the control of rich provinces, contempt for some…

The lists of new governors sparked several protests, say today's local papers in Kinshasa. They also raise the visit of the UN Under Secretary-General for peacekeeping operations, Mr. Jean-Marie Guéhenno, to DRC and other…

Most of today's papers devote their main headlines to the presidential decree appointing governors and deputy governors to the DR Congo's 11 provinces, including the capital, Kinshasa. In a story titled ' Here is the list of…

The headlines in today's local papers in Kinshasa mainly focus on the Washington meeting between the Foreign Affairs Ministers of DRC, Rwanda and Uganda as well as the review of the bill on the organisation of the Congolese…

Final negotiations for the putting-in-place of the territorial administration, review of the law relating to this issue by the National Assembly, and constituents' refusal to be run by some political tendencies are discussed…

Most of today's press comments on the 'normalisation' of relations between the International Committee In Support of the Transition (ICST) and the DRC President, as well as on a reported obstacle to the setting up of the…

The Ituri armed groups' meeting convened by the Government in Kinshasa and the sharing of the territorial Administration are the major issues addressed by today's local papers. The Government demands that the Ituri armed…