(JED/IFEX) – On 30 September 2000, Minister of Communications Dominique Sakombi Inongo signed Decree No. 04/MC/0002/2000, lifting the broadcasting ban in the Democratic Republic of Congo against three private sector audio-visual companies. The affected stations are: Radio Elikya (owned by Kinshasa’s Catholic archdiocese), Radio Kintuadi (owned by the Kimbanguiste Church) and Télévision Antenne A. The […]
(JED/IFEX) – On 30 September 2000, Minister of Communications Dominique Sakombi Inongo signed Decree No. 04/MC/0002/2000, lifting the broadcasting ban in the Democratic Republic of Congo against three private sector audio-visual companies. The affected stations are: Radio Elikya (owned by Kinshasa’s Catholic archdiocese), Radio Kintuadi (owned by the Kimbanguiste Church) and Télévision Antenne A.
The preamble of the decree, stating grounds for the minister’s decision, notes that “the Elikya and Kintuadi radio stations, as well as Télévision Antenne A, put their files in order and thereby conform to Article 27 of (Press) Law No. 96-002 of 22 June 1996”.
The three aformentioned audio-visual companies were among ten radio and television stations which the minister of communications banned on 14 September. The official reasons for the ban were non-payment of taxes and not respecting the schedule of conditions governing private radio and television stations.
