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 2005

Press Review of 30 December 2005

Review of the electoral law by the National Assembly, arrest of a "no" member to the recent constitutional referendum, pastor Théodore Ngoy and President Kabila's 2005-Year-End speech are the three issues commented by today's local press

10 Mar 2009

Press Review of 29 December 2005

Review of the electoral law by the Parliament today and electoral calendar are the dominant issues in today's local press. Local papers also comment on the military offensive in Eastern DRC and the routing of Ugandan rebels.

10 Mar 2009

Press Review of 28 December 2005

Today's local press focus on diverse issues, notably: the call for the cancellation of the constitutional referendum by those who advocated the "No", the projected electoral calendar and UDPS reaction to RCD's proposals for of an alliance.

10 Mar 2009

Press Review of 27 December 2005

MONUC-backed FARDC military operations against Ugandan rebels and RCD-UDPS fresh alliance are the major issues in today's local press.

10 Mar 2009

Press Review of 22 December 2005

Most papers comment on the results of the 18 and 19 December 2005 polls while LE POTENTIEL focuses on an exclusive interview with the European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Assistance, Louis Michel, over the DRC referendum and electoral process.

10 Mar 2009

Press Review of 20 December 2005

Congolese people were eagerly expecting even a partial result of the constitutional referendum yesterday; unfortunately the national television which already organised a program on the referendum, "informed at 23 h, that the results will published on Monday afternoon," says FOR

10 Mar 2009

Press Review of 16 December 2005

Response by DRC Supreme Court to President Kabila's request on whether the amnesty law could apply to the people who assassinated a president (President Kabila) is the major issue in LE PALMARES while the rest of

10 Mar 2009

Press Review of 15 December 2005

UDPS

Tshisekedi calls on the Congolese people to stay home and boycott the referendum, headline LE PHARE, LE POTENTIEL and LA TEMPETE DES TROPIQUES.

10 Mar 2009

Press Review of 14 December 2005

CALCC "Conseil de l'Apostolat des Laïcs Catholiques du Congo/Board of DRC Catholic Laymen) held a press conference yesterday in Kinshasa following the voting guidance issued by the catholic church bishops to the church members in particular, and all the Congolese in general with

10 Mar 2009

Press Review of 13 December 2005

The majority of today's local papers devote their headlines to the constitutional referendum scheduled for 18 December and the various calls on the Congolese to vote in favor of or against the "constitution."

10 Mar 2009

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