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Source : digitalcongo.net | 06-Oct-2008 19:28
National history page : fortieth anniversary of the murder of Pierre Mulele October 3, 1968
History of the murder October 3, 1968 in Kinshasa, to strongest of the dictatorial regime of Mobutu, of the man who triggered the muléliste revolutionary movement in Kwilu to Bandundu from where the insurrection regained the North and the East of the country.
Source : digitalcongo.net | 06-Oct-2008 18:47
Designation of the Prime Minister : Joseph Kabila can foil prognostications and can choose the PPRD Vital Kamerhe!
It is the profile and the breadth of the sought-after rare bird that impose the exit by political realism of the rigorous agreement Amp-Palu-Udemo imposing a candidate of the Palu to the succession of Gizenga, so that is accepted the recourse to the vertebrate principal of the share of the PPRD in the person of the current president of the national assembly Vital Kamerhe!
Source : digitalcongo.net | 06-Oct-2008 18:37
U.N. wants more troops in Congo as violence mounts
The potential for renewed warfare and mass casualties is high in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where U.N. forces stand between a Rwandan-backed warlord, government troops and local militias.
Source : Topix.net | 06-Oct-2008 18:08
Congo-Kinshasa: Diarrhoea Outbreak Kills IDPs in North Kivu
Scores of people have died while hundreds have been affected by an outbreak of acute watery diarrhoea in internally displaced people's (IDP) camps in North Kivu Province.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 16:33
Central Africa: Rwandans 'Buy' Freedom From Congolese Officials
Two Rwandans, who are part of a group that was recently arrested in the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) town of Goma, have paid a big ransom to Congolese officials in order to secure their freedom, The New Times has learnt.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 15:31
DRC: Diarrhoea outbreak kills IDPs in North Kivu
KINSHASA Monday, October 06, 2008 (IRIN) - Scores of people have died while hundreds have been affected by an outbreak of acute watery diarrhoea in internally displaced people?s camps in North Kivu Province.
Source : irinnews.org | 06-Oct-2008 14:40
South Africa: Country's Peace Keeping Missions in DRC Yield Positive Results
South Africa's participation in peace keeping missions on the African continent has begun to bear fruits with the successful integration and training of former armed forces.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 14:28
South Africa: Country Hands Over Rapid Reaction Battalion to DRC
Defence Minister Charles Nqakula has officially handed over the first Rapid Reaction Battalion to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Defence Minister and War Veteran, Chikez Diemu.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 14:28
Congo-Kinshasa: Church Group Calls for Better World Response
As violence continues between the Congolese Army and rebels of the National Congress for People's Defence (CNDP) led by Laurent Nkunda in North Kivu, in the east, a peace network supported by several missionary congregations has called for meaningful action from the international community.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 13:56
Congo-Kinshasa: Monuc Force Commander Remains Optimistic
During the weekly MONUC press conference of 2 October 2008, MONUC Force Commander General Babacar Gaye said that despite the crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a lot of progress has been accomplished thanks to the help and support of MONUC.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 13:43
Congo-Kinshasa: Monuc Press Review - 3 October 2008
The situation in eastern DRC, with the media resurgence of Nkunda, occupies a lot of lines in the national press this Friday 3 October 2008. Other topics include the liberty of the press and the resignation of Prime Minister Antoine Gizenga.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 13:43
THE CONGOLESE PRESS REVIEW OF THIS MONDAY
Two main topics dominate the actuality in newspapers of Kinshasa appeared this Monday, the accusation of Kinshasa against Kigali to the Security Council and very sensible succession of Antoine Gizenga.
Source : digitalcongo.net | 06-Oct-2008 12:23
Congo-Kinshasa: Rebels Warn Government Against Attack
Rebels allied to Maj. Gen. Laurent Nkunda's Congrès National pour la Défense du Peuple (CNDP) have threatened to take their fight to new heights if government forces attack their positions again.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 11:35
Uganda: Kibaale to Crack Down on Bodabodas
THE Kibaale District Security Committee has granted bodaboda riders a six months grace period to register all motorcycles that were smuggled into the country from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 11:20
Ban on heavy trucks reduces fuel supply
By Chris Kiwawulo and Reuben Olita THE flow of fuel into the country has been interrupted since the Kenyan authorities impounded all four-axle trucks destined for Uganda.
Source : Topix.net | 06-Oct-2008 10:01
South Africa: Nqakula Reassures Congo of Continuing Support
THE government will not abandon international commitments and agreements set up during former president Thabo Mbeki's administration, Defence Minister Charles Nqakula said on Friday in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 09:30
Home affairs turn down asylum seekers
By Craig McKune Refugees in the Blue Waters camp in Strandfontein are furious after being told they have 30 days to leave the country.
Source : Topix.net | 05-Oct-2008 13:43
Congo-Kinshasa: Security Reforms Failing, Says Report
The reform of the DRCs security sector involving the UN, the EU, the US, South Africa, Angola and many other players is failing to meet its objectives, according to a new report from the Paris-based Institut français des relations internationales (IFRI).
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Oct-2008 12:38
Military and Defence Issues: Rocket-Firing UN Helicopters Attack Rebels In DRC
Friday, 3 October 2008, 10:10 am Press Release: United Nations Rocket-firing UN helicopters attack rebels in eastern DR Congo 2 October 2008 – United Nations attack helicopters firing rockets went into ...
Source : Topix.net | 04-Oct-2008 23:09
Malu Malu gardant sa sérénité assure que le Programme Amani continuera de fonctionner
Les nouvelles vociférations va-t-en guerre du dissident rwandophone Nkunda n?émeuvent pas outre mesure l?abbé Malu Malu, coordinateur du Programme Amani, qui assure que le processus de paix de ce programme n?arrêtera pas son cours à cause des débordements furibonds du pion de Kigali.
Source : digitalcongo.net | 04-oct.-2008 16:25
Le Kivu et l?Ituri à nouveau minés par la même guerre d?usure décidément interminable
Constat amer de la résurgence d?hostilités en Ituri où réapparaît un nouveau groupe armé pendant que dans les Kivu la dissidence du seigneur de guerre rwandophone Nkunda soutenu par le pouvoir à Kigali ne cache plus ses visées de poursuite de la déstabilisation de la RDC.
Source : digitalcongo.net | 04-oct.-2008 15:18
Toute la vérité sur l?accord AMP-PALU
Haro sur les spéculations politiciennes, les observateurs avertis montent au creneau. Au terme de l?accord, le poste de Premier ministre revient bel et bien au Palu.Il y a deux ans, ce mariage était validé par le peuple dans les urnes.
Source : digitalcongo.net | 04-oct.-2008 14:33
Protocole d?accord entre l?AMP et le PALU
Signé le 30 septembre 2006, entre le Président Joseph Kabila Kabange, représentant l?Alliance pour la Majorité Présidentielle (AMP) et Antoine Gizenga Fundji, Secrétaire du PALU.
Source : digitalcongo.net | 04-oct.-2008 14:33
Scrutant le protocole d?accord signé le 30 septembre 2006 pour toute la législature, les observateurs sont formels : Le poste du 1er ministre revient bel et bien au PALU
Pour leur part, certains experts jugent le bilan du Premier ministre démissionnaire, le patriarche Antoine Gizenga Fundji encourageant.
Source : digitalcongo.net | 04-oct.-2008 14:32
Succession de Gizenga :enfin, l?Amp pour le respect de l?Accord
Pour les députés de l?Amp, après plusieurs réunions houleuses, la désignation du successeur de Gizenga doit être conforme à l?accord Amp-Palu, sauf si, de son gré, le Palu y renonçait.
Source : digitalcongo.net | 04-oct.-2008 14:26
Si on remontait plus loin dans le passé
On peut même remonter plus loin. Avant même que les élections fassent l?actualité politique, la préoccupation majeure de tous, Yerodia Abdoulaye Ndombasi avait dégainé pour faire comprendre qu?il ne sera pas possible au Pprd seul de porter Joseph Kabila au pouvoir et de lui donner une majorité confortable.
Source : digitalcongo.net | 04-oct.-2008 14:22
REVUE DE LA PRESSE CONGOLAISE DE CE SAMEDI 04 OCTOBRE 2008
Plusieurs sujets se disputent la manchette des journaux parus ce samedi à Kinshasa, entre autres, la grève des enseignants catholiques à partir de ce lundi 06 octobre.
Source : digitalcongo.net | 04-oct.-2008 12:25
Un chef coutumier accusé de spolier le site agricole de Tshangu
La spoliation des sites maraîchers par certains chefs coutumiers est devenue monnaie courante dans les communes de Masina, de kimbanseke et de Ndjili.
Source : digitalcongo.net | 04-oct.-2008 11:56
La carie dentaire, une maladie souvent négligée et facile à prévenir
L?usage d?un dentifrice au fluor est important car il renforce l?émail tout comme les produits laitiers riches en calcium.
Source : digitalcongo.net | 04-oct.-2008 11:55
Matadi, ville la plus gaspilleuse d?énergie électrique au Bas-Congo
Selon des observateurs interrogés par l?ACP, cette situation est consécutive à la taxation forfaitaire de la consommation de ces deux denrées pourtant précieuses voire rares sous d?autres cieux.
Source : digitalcongo.net | 04-oct.-2008 11:52
Koffi Olomide le 27 décembre au Théâtre Gymnase à Paris à l?initiative de Badive
Pour fêter « la victoire de Obama » et permettre aux mélomanes de terminer l?année 2008 en beauté, Badive va produire Koffi Olomide et son orchestre Quartier Latin International au Théâtre Gymnase à Paris à la fin du mois de décembre.
Source : digitalcongo.net | 04-oct.-2008 11:22
Rwanda: Governor Condemns Arrests in DR Congo
The Governor of the Western Province, Penelope Kantarama, has condemned her Congolese counterpart of the North Kivu province, Julien Paluku, for failing to stop the mistreatment of Rwandans in the neighbouring town of Goma.
Source : AllAfrica | 04-Oct-2008 10:42
Congo-Kinshasa: UN Envoy Calls for 'Surge' of Peacekeepers
The top United Nations envoy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today asked for additional peacekeepers beyond the nearly 19,000 uniformed personnel already there to prevent the vast country from slipping back into "horrendous" conflict.
Source : AllAfrica | 04-Oct-2008 08:34
UN wants more troops in Congo as violence mounts
The United Nations' top official in the Democratic Republic of Congo asked the UN Security Council on Friday for extra troops to help halt the spread of violence in the country's eastern provinces.
Source : Topix.net | 04-Oct-2008 07:13
Congo-Kinshasa: Army Sends Reinforcements After Militia Attacks
The Congolese army has sent reinforcements to Ituri in the northeast after several attacks by suspected militia from the rebel Front de Rsistance Patriotique en Ituri , sources said.
Source : Topix.net | 03-Oct-2008 22:58
Confusion in the military situation to the East of the DRC : the Maï-Maï groups are put back to attack the FARDC !
General astonishment to the revelation brought back from the East of the DRC and according to which the Maï-Maï groups are revealed in operations of position investment recovered by the regular army the FARDC close to fighter rebels of the CNDP of Nkunda.
Source : digitalcongo.net | 03-Oct-2008 18:35
Nkunda takes off the mask and spear furiously his fathua against the Republic and institutions
The Rwandophone general nonconformist Laurent Nkunda given by the rumour for patient or even dead did a blatant come-back while declaring without hiding that his obsessed aims the destabilization of the DRC and taking the power in Kinshasa.
Source : digitalcongo.net | 03-Oct-2008 18:31
The two Houses of the Parliament declare to be blocked by the Government's resignation !
The conference of houses of the Parliament met Thursday to the Palais du peuple evokes the Government's resignation to explain the suspension of their works of plenary while explaining otherwise that the exam of certain bill requires the presence of members of the executive organ.
Source : digitalcongo.net | 03-Oct-2008 18:28
BDK trial : nine adepts of Bundu Dia Kongo convicted for life
The nine convicted have been charged each to the payment of damages and interests of 2.000 symbolic, either 1.000 Fcs for the civil part DRC and 1.000 FCs for the civil part province of Bas-Congo.
Source : digitalcongo.net | 03-Oct-2008 18:25
Dialogue around the next government : deputies suggest the respect of the national representative ness
The national deputies? members of the Alliance of the Presidential Majority (AMP) consulted Tuesday and Thursday in Kinshasa around the designation of the future Prime Minister and criteria prevailing members of the next government by choice.
Source : digitalcongo.net | 03-Oct-2008 18:18
Congo-Kinshasa: 'Save Eastern Peace Process From Collapse'
The international community must exert pressure on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) government and ensure a "more impartial" UN peacekeeping mission to avoid a total collapse of the peace process in the east, a think-tank has warned.
Source : AllAfrica | 03-Oct-2008 17:23
Congo-Kinshasa: Army Sends Reinforcements After Militia Attacks
The Congolese army has sent reinforcements to Ituri in the northeast after several attacks by suspected militia from the rebel Front de Résistance Patriotique en Ituri (FRPI), sources said.
Source : AllAfrica | 03-Oct-2008 17:23
In a declaration to BBC Africa Nkunda shows big political ambitions
The flap of veil is raised. Nkunda won't return to the Amani Program. Well on the contrary, he decided to spread his rebellion and to lead it until Kinshasa.
Source : digitalcongo.net | 03-Oct-2008 16:16
DRC: "Save eastern peace process from collapse"
NAIROBI Friday, October 03, 2008 (IRIN) - The international community must exert pressure on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) government and ensure a "more impartial" UN peacekeeping mission to avoid a total collapse of the peace process in the east, a think-tank has warned.
Source : irinnews.org | 03-Oct-2008 15:59
DRC: Army sends reinforcements after militia attacks
BUNIA Friday, October 03, 2008 (IRIN) - The Congolese army has sent reinforcements to Ituri in the northeast after several attacks by suspected militia from the rebel Front de Résistance Patriotique en Ituri (FRPI), sources said.
Source : irinnews.org | 03-Oct-2008 15:44