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''Le Potentiel'' is a
Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...
daily newspaper published by award-winning journalist Modeste Mutinga.
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described it as "the only independent daily newspaper in the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo". According to Mutinga, the paper has "an agenda" of promoting economic development and democracy. The paper criticized multiple DRC presidents, and Mutinga has been threatened, arrested, and jailed multiple times on charges related to his reporting. In 1992, during the Mobutu Sese Seko era, the offices of the newspaper were bombed. In 1998, Mutinga was arrested following an article covering the house arrest of opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi.


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Media of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Mass media in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are both nationally and internationally state owned and operated. Freedom of speech and the press While the constitution provides for freedom of speech and the press, the government has rest ...


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Le Potentiel website
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