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| New government formed in DR Congo | New government formed in DR Congo |
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| A new government has been announced in the Democratic Republic of Congo after last year's landmark elections. | A new government has been announced in the Democratic Republic of Congo after last year's landmark elections. |
| The Prime Minister - Antoine Gizenga - appointed in December by President Joseph Kabila has named a cabinet consisting mostly of Kabila supporters. | |
| Former rebel leader Mbusa Nyamwisi gets the foreign ministry, Denis Kalume remains interior minister and Nzanga Mobutu is the new agriculture minister. | Former rebel leader Mbusa Nyamwisi gets the foreign ministry, Denis Kalume remains interior minister and Nzanga Mobutu is the new agriculture minister. |
| The government faces a country ravaged by years of misrule and civil war. | The government faces a country ravaged by years of misrule and civil war. |
| Last October's run-off presidential election was the first in the DR Congo since independence in 1960. | Last October's run-off presidential election was the first in the DR Congo since independence in 1960. |
| Mr Kabila saw off challenger Jean-Pierre Bemba, a former rebel leader, in what international observers considered generally free and fair elections. | Mr Kabila saw off challenger Jean-Pierre Bemba, a former rebel leader, in what international observers considered generally free and fair elections. |
| Mr Gizenga had promised to support Mr Kabila's bid for the presidency after he came third in the first round of the presidential election in July. | Mr Gizenga had promised to support Mr Kabila's bid for the presidency after he came third in the first round of the presidential election in July. |
| The election was supported by the UN's largest peacekeeping contingent - some 17,000 soldiers. | The election was supported by the UN's largest peacekeeping contingent - some 17,000 soldiers. |
| Support for Mr Kabila was greatest in the east of the country while suspicion of him remains in the west. | Support for Mr Kabila was greatest in the east of the country while suspicion of him remains in the west. |
| Nearly 100 people died in rioting last week in several western towns after supporters of Mr Bemba took to the streets to protest results from provincial elections. | Nearly 100 people died in rioting last week in several western towns after supporters of Mr Bemba took to the streets to protest results from provincial elections. |