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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. |
| 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 conflict. | |
| Last October's run-off presidential election was the first democratic poll in 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. |
| Riots | |
| 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. |
| Joseph Kabila is DR Congo's first freely elected leader in 40 yearsMr Mobutu, son of former ruler Mobutu Sese Seko, also told his supporters to back Mr Kabila after he contested the first round of presidential elections but failed to make the run-off. | |
| 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. |