The front page of the press this week in Kinshasa
In the spotlight: Antony Blinken condemns M23 violence in the DRC
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Kamanda wa Kamanda Muzembe.
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By: Kamanda Wa Kamanda
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In the newspaper
L'Avenir
: “
Rwanda, end of the adventure!
exclaims the Kinshasa daily, which talks about the tour of the American Secretary of State in Africa.
Antony Blinken was in Kinshasa on Tuesday and Thursday.
The head of American diplomacy condemned any support given not only to the M23, but also to other rebel movements.
According to this newspaper, Antony Blinken said: "
We call on each party in this region to be able to stop all support for M23, all support for all other non-state armed groups
".
The daily
Le Potentiel
is interested in the situation in the two provinces under siege since May 6, 2021. “
North Kivu, Ituri
: the apocalypse
headlines this newspaper which takes stock of the situation in this region: insecurity, massacres, prisoner escapes... Today, writes this newspaper, if the government welcomes the surrender of certain armed groups, however, the massacres continue continue.
And as if that were not enough, explains the same newspaper, to the psychosis experienced daily by the population because of the activism of local and foreign armed groups, is added this unprecedented scenario of the spectacular escape of 874 detainees from Butembo-Kakwangura central prison on Wednesday 10 August.
A succession of facts which illustrates a truly apocalyptic setting when one knows how to measure the capacity for nuisance of the escapees, including bandits, criminals and ADF terrorists, concludes
Le Potentiel
.
Felix Tshisekedi tops voting intentions
"
Presidential 2023: Fatshi in the lead
," writes
Forum des As
, another daily newspaper which delivers the results of the GEC (Le Groupe d'Etude sur le Congo) survey, which was published on August 10 and which, writes the tabloid, gives President Félix Tshisekedi the winner of the next presidential election in front of all his political opponents.
According to this survey, explains
Forum des As
, Fatshi is leading the voting intentions with 30%.
It is still necessary that the general elections take place within the constitutional deadlines.
According to
Forum des As
, the camp of abstentionists is emptying because, again according to this study, 78% of Congolese say they are ready to vote.
Finally, sports… “
Serge Nkonde summons 120 actors for a new model
”.
This is one of the headlines of the tri-weekly
AfricaNews
, which announces "
the general assembly of sports to engage in collective reflection in order to prepare future generations and victories
".
Assizes planned in Kisantu, in the province of Kongo Central.
Five days of reflection around the Minister of Sports and Leisure to propose a reform capable of propelling the country towards performance and high level, specifies
AfricaNews
.
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