DR Congo - North Kivu
DR Congo names budget minister as premier
Friday 10 October 2008
Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila named Budget Minister Adolphe Muzito as prime minister on Friday, according to a presidential decree read out on state television. He will have to deal with renewed clashes in the east.
Friday 10 October 2008
By AFPDemocratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila on Friday named a new prime minister to replace Antoine Gizenga, who resigned last month, national television reported.
"Prime Minister Adolphe Muzito is named," according to an order signed by Kabila and read on television.
Muzito, 51, served as budget minister under Gizenga and is a member of the DR Congo's third-largest party, the Unified Lumumbist Party (PALU), like his predecessor.
PALU reached a deal with Kabila in 2006 in which it pledged its support for him in the second round of the presidential election, leading to Gizenga's appointment as prime minister.
Gizenga, 83, resigned on September 25, saying he was no longer strong enough for the job.
Muzito, an economist from Bandundu in the country's southwest, will face immense challenges in his new post.
The country's east has seen renewed clashes between rebels and the army since late August, and 75 percent of the DR Congo's 60 million population lives on less than a dollar a day.
The economic struggles have continued despite the country's vast natural resources, including 34 percent of the world's known cobalt reserves and 10 percent of all copper.
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10/10/2008 15:16:18 Alert a moderator
le congo
By anonyme -
aussi longtemps que nous avons un idiot president joseph kabila le rwandais al tete de notre pays le congo,le congo sera jamais en paix.il faut un vrai congolais a la tete notre pays et non un incompetent joseph kabila.un president qui connait de peut la rdc et qui ne parle pas bien le francais..alors degre ou de force il doit partir..
09/10/2008 22:50:19 Alert a moderator
la nature est proteger pourquoi pas les congolais
By Sgt Mokrekese - UK / London
a causes des interets on sacrifie tout un peuples,comment le pays peut etre gouverner par des genocidaire,malfaiteurs, criminels qui sont proteger par le justice international(cpi). les viols,tueries ,violations de droit de l'homme est visible au congo mais on parle que de Darfour et Rwanda que cela verdirt.
09/10/2008 22:21:42 Alert a moderator
les aventures de Tintin au congo par Louis Michel
By guepard rouge - London UK
si vous croyez les congolais sont naif alors vous serez surpris.cette mascarade est le cadeau d'election soi disant libre et democratic ou a couter au moins 7millions de morts plusque la deuxieme guerre mondial,en nous imposant un inapte mental a la tete du pays voila la suite.c'est le moment de cherchez a collaborer avec les fils du congo capable a metriser la situation.