Closure of MONUC

As of 1 July 2010, MONUC was renamed the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO).

Press Reviews 2004

Press Review 29 December 2004

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 elections.

06 Mar 2009

Press Review 28 December 2004

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.

06 Mar 2009

Press Review 27 December 2004

South Kivu's destabilization and the upcoming elections are the lead stories in today's local press.

06 Mar 2009

Press Review 23 December 2004

Despite the apparent calm prevailing in North Kivu, there is growing protests against the buffer zone established around Kanyabayonga district.

06 Mar 2009

Press Review 22 December 2004

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 loyalist forces an

06 Mar 2009

Press Review 21 December 2004

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.

06 Mar 2009

Press Review 20 December 2004

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.

06 Mar 2009

Increasingly alarming and uncertain military situation in Kanyabayonga (Eastern DRC), today?s local papers say, alluding to recent developments on the ground.

06 Mar 2009

Press Review 16 December 2004

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 Heads of States' summ

06 Mar 2009

Press Review of 15 December 2004

Clashes between Mutineers and Regular army troops in Kanyabayonga/North-Kivu province (Eastern DRC), Europe and African summit to restore dialogue and confidence between Kinshasa and Kigali, Parliament Consultations over the draft constitution

06 Mar 2009

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