''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.
The Committee to Protect Journalists
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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.
See also
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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 ...
References
External links
Le Potentiel website
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Newspapers published in the Democratic Republic of the Congo