The front page of the press this week in Kinshasa
In the spotlight: clashes continue between the Congolese army and the M23
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Kamanda Wa Kamanda Muzembe © Thomas Nicolon
By: Kamanda Wa Kamanda
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“
The DRC Armed Forces
[FARDC, editor's note]
are determined to repel the aggression in North Kivu.
This is the headline of the daily
Forum des As
.
According to this newspaper, for the umpteenth time, “
the shadow of aggression hangs over the clashes between the FARDC and elements of the M23 (the March 23 Movement) in North Kivu.
Determined to protect the national borders and restore peace in the region
, continues this daily,
the loyalist troops are gaining strength in the theater of combat.
The objective is
, explain the colleagues from
Forum des As, to put out of harm's way the M23 which is being pushed back towards Rwanda, its rear base
”.
For its part, the daily newspaper
Le Potentiel
displays on the front page: military effects of the Rwandan army abandoned by the assailants, with this title: "
Rwanda's supposed support for the M23: Kigali's double game
".
This, argues
Le Potentiel,
raises the question of the supposed support that this group would receive from neighboring Rwanda, despite the denial of the Rwandan authorities.
► To read also: DRC: new diplomatic tensions and on the ground around the M23
For the daily
L'Avenir
, "
The M23 plays the strategy of
'border shield'".
The newspaper spreads the collateral effects of the rebel attack against the positions of the FARDC and Monusco in Rutshuru.
"
Attacks which,
recalls
L'Avenir, were condemned by the Congolese authorities, the representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations and head of MONUSCO and the President of the African Union, Moussa Faki Mahamat
".
And the newspaper added that "
this aggression caused significant damage and displacement of populations, not to mention the military incidents between Rwanda and the DRC at the risk of triggering a war in the border peripheries of the two countries
".
After the quarrel, Kabila and Katumbi for a new start?
The question is asked in the newspaper
Le Vrai Modacteur
.
The Christian tri-weekly is interested in the reconciliation forum for natives of Greater Katanga, a former province now divided into four different entities.
“
The Eucharistic celebration of reconciliation between the sons and daughters of this space ended on a positive note with the presence of Joseph Kabila who,
reports the tabloid,
went to greet Moïse Katumbi.
This gesture galvanized the audience, which immortalized these moments with its rounds of applause and the flashes of the photographers
”, testifies
The real Moderator.
Finally, in AfricaNews, François Beya's file transferred to the High Military Court.
"
The former special adviser to President Félix Tshisekedi suspected of plotting against national security, will be tried in the coming days before this high military court where his case was transferred on May 23, the 108th day of his detention"
, writes the tri-weekly which cites a judicial source.
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