The Democratic Republic of Congo has announced a coalition government, seven months after the inauguration of President Félix Tshisekedi.
Mr Tshisekedi, son of the late veteran opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi, won a bitterly contested election in December, marking the first peaceful transition of power since DR Congo gained independence from Belgium in 1960.
Since coming to power, President Tshisekedi has agreed to work with the party of former President Joseph Kabila.
“The government is finally here. The president has signed the decree and we will begin work soon,” the AFP news agency quotes Prime Minister Sylvestre Ilunga as saying.
The new cabinet in the Democratic Republic of Congo announced on Monday morning seven months after the inauguration of President Félix Tshisekedi, reflects the continued influence of former leader Joseph Kabila, reports the BBC’s Gaius Kowene from the capital, Kinshasa.
Forty-two of the 65 members of the cabinet come from the FCC, his coalition which holds the majority in both houses of parliament.
This leaves President Tshisekedi’s side holding just one-third of ministerial posts.
