In the spotlight: Kinshasa in shock
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Kamanda Wa Kamanda Muzembe © Thomas Nicolon
By: Kamanda Wa Kamanda
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Kinshasa in shock!
This is on the front page of the daily
Le Phare.
The newspaper reports on the tragedy, Wednesday, February 2, at the market in the Matadi Kibala district, on the road leading to Kongo Central.
“
Twenty-six people dead, electrocuted,
specifies the tabloid.
The spectacle was unbearable, decapitated corpses, without legs or arms
”, can we still read in the newspaper
Le Phare
.
And to continue “
President Félix Antoine Tshisekedi went there, he demanded light, all the light on this carnage.
»
"
During the heavy rain that fell on the city, there was a lightning strike which severed an undervoltage phase conductor
", explains SNEL in a press release that the newspaper takes up in full, specifying that this phase conductor (i.e. cable) fell on the market.
“
Following this tragedy, the Matadi Kibala market is closed ,” announces the
Forum des As
newspaper
.
The head of the urban executive has taken draconian measures to appease the traumatized population
", can we read in the same newspaper which continues: "
Governor Gentiny Ngobila has also decided to close all the other surrounding pirate markets, relocate occupants of illegally occupied sites and car parks who unload their goods around the Matadi Kibala market.
»
War crimes in Ituri
It's in the bi-weekly
Le Maximum
.
The newspaper reports on the very worrying situation in this province which, like North Kivu, is under a state of siege.
Our colleagues denounce the attack by armed groups in Savo, not far from Bule, on the night of February 1 to 2.
According to the bi-weekly, “
around 50 people, including 18 children, were stabbed to death and 65 others injured.
Civil society has decreed three days of mourning from last Thursday
”, reports
Le Maximum
which adds that “
The FARDC reacted to this tragedy.
Attacking a site where there are displaced, innocent civilians is a crime against humanity, the army spokesman said.
Atrocities that will not go unpunished
,” said the officer quoted by
Le Maximum.
Elections in 2023
In the daily
Le Potentiel
: taking into account the constraints, the CENI presents its roadmap.
Forum des As
, another daily, gives the 2021-2027 Chronogram and talks about an electoral machine in motion with the elections of governors and vice-governors on April 6.
“
Slip confirmed
”, title for its part, skeptical, the newspaper
La République
.
“
The presidential, national and provincial legislative elections are scheduled between September and December 2023
”, notes this newspaper which is convinced of a shift acquired in advance, it remains to arrange the form for a smooth announcement.
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