"SADC Heads of State Support Kinshasa", headlines in the daily Forum des as. According to this newspaper, Kigali failed in its maneuvers to block the deployment of the SADC mission in the DRC (SAMIDRC). Rwanda, a backer of the terrorist group M23, had expressed opposition last February to the support provided by the UN Mission for the Stabilization in the DRC (Monusco) to the SAMIDRC, claiming that it would strengthen the DRC's offensive stance to the detriment of a peaceful and negotiated solution to conflicts that have torn apart the eastern part of the DRC for decades.

After the extraordinary Summit held on Saturday in Lusaka, Zambia, the SADC renewed its commitment to support the DRC both diplomatically and militarily in its war against the M23, backed by Kigali.

In the same vein, Le Phare reports a "new diplomatic setback for Rwanda". This tabloid notes that Félix Tshisekedi has once again won a valuable diplomatic victory over his Rwandan counterpart, Paul Kagame. Indeed, as the colleague publication recalls, the Rwandan president has long been engaged in undermining initiatives aimed at the withdrawal of his troops from Congolese territory and the return of lasting peace to the North Kivu province.

The Congolese press agency (ACP) announces the arrival in Kinshasa, following the extraordinary SADC Summit, of the President of South Sudan. The President of the Republic of South Sudan, Salva Kiir, arrived Sunday in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, coming from Juba, for consultations, according to the Congolese Presidency, reports the ACP.

"A busy schedule for President Salva Kiir of South Sudan, who arrived in Kinshasa on Sunday, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, for consultations aimed at restoring peace and security in the East African Community (EAC) region, of which he holds the rotating presidency," the source indicated. A one-on-one meeting is scheduled before work at the Palais de la Nation, the official offices of the Head of State, it was added.

This visit came at a time when the troop-contributing countries of the Military Mission of the Southern African Development Community (SAMIRDC) held an extraordinary summit on Saturday in Lusaka, under the direction of the Zambian President, to assess the security situation in the east of the DRC and in Mozambique.

La Prospérité echoed the call made by the CENCO for the abolition of the death penalty. The princes of the Catholic Church, members of the National Episcopal Conference of Congo, have expressed their dismay at the government's decision to lift the moratorium on the execution of the death penalty.

In their declaration of Friday, March 22, they argue that each life is sacred and that human dignity must be protected, thus marking a clear refusal of the use of the death penalty.

Ilenda wa Ilenda