Foreign media restricted in the Democratic Republic of Congo [The Morning Call]

The United Nations is “concerned” by a new decree affecting foreign broadcasters in DR Congo, given the political crisis gripping the country. The decree states that foreign companies can operate in DR Congo “with a majority participation by Congolese in the capital of the said company”. The foreign media houses have been given 30 days “to come into line” with the new rules — or until December 12, eight days before the end of the mandate of President Joseph Kabila