Le Potentiel is a Democratic Republic of the Congo daily newspaper published by award-winning journalist Modeste Mutinga.[1] The Committee to Protect Journalists described it as "the only independent daily newspaper in the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo".[1] According to Mutinga, the paper has "an agenda" of promoting economic development and democracy.[2]
The paper criticized multiple DRC presidents, and Mutinga has been threatened, arrested, and jailed multiple times on charges related to his reporting.[1][3] In 1992, during the Mobutu Sese Seko era, the offices of the newspaper were bombed.[4] In 1998, Mutinga was arrested following an article covering the house arrest of opposition leader Étienne Tshisekedi.[5]
- ^ a b c "IPF Awards 2000 - Announcement". Committee to Protect Journalists. 2000. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
- ^ "Modeste Motinga". PBS NewsHour. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
- ^ "Kinshasa arrest of opposition newspaper editor". BBC News. 26 February 1998. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
- ^ Trudy Rubin (22 November 2000). "Beacons Of Freedom Helping Journalists In Countries Where Basic Rights Are Denied". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Archived from the original on May 15, 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
- ^ "Kinshasa arrest of opposition newspaper editor". BBC News. 26 February 1998. Retrieved 27 May 2011.