Kabila Promises New Era for Congo
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KINSHASA, Congo, Dec. 6 -- After decades of dictatorship and wars, Congo on Wednesday swore in its first freely elected president since 1960, installing Joseph Kabila, the son of a rebel leader, who promised a new era of order and better days ahead.
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Congo will send up to 10,000 soldiers to its eastern province of North Kivu to prevent rebels and Rwandan forces from launching cross border attacks, President Joseph Kabila's spokesman said Monday.
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Congolese voted Sunday in their first democratic election in more than four decades, many hoping for an end to years of fighting and corrupt rule that have devastated the mineral-rich nation in the heart of Africa.
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AFRICA/CONGO RD - Kabila si insedia alla Presidenza. Quali  sfide lo attendono? Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- Joseph Kabila presta giuramento oggi, 6 dicembre, come primo Presidente democraticamente eletto della Repubblica Democratica del Congo (sulle elezioni congolesi vedi Fides 16 e 28 novembre 2006). \
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DR Congo President Kabila makes his first trip to the volatile east of the country to a rapturous welcome.
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A coalition of parties supporting Congolese President Joseph Kabila said Thursday that it has assembled a majority in parliament, meaning the group will select the prime minister to head the country's first democratically elected government in decades.
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DR Congo's rebel leader Laurent Nkunda says he is ready for a political solution to the conflict in the east.
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Congo's head of elections conceded for  the first time Friday that elections in the vast mineral rich  country may be delayed beyond June, but insisted they must take  place before November.
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The new Prime Minister of DR Congo, Antoine Gizenga, names supporters of the president to his cabinet.
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The presidents of Congo and Rwanda could meet soon to calm renewed tensions between the neighboring countries, according to presidential aides.
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U.N Secretary General Kofi Annan  urged leaders of Africa's resource-rich but blood-soaked Great  Lakes region on Friday to implement a peace plan that could  herald a "new era" for millions of Africans.
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DR Congo's Supreme Court confirms Joseph Kabila as the winner of the country's presidential elections.
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Democratic Republic of Congo's Supreme Court on Monday declared Joseph Kabila president, confirming his victory in an October 29 run-off vote.
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Congo will send up to 10,000 soldiers  to its eastern province of North Kivu to prevent rebels and  Rwandan forces from launching cross border attacks, President  Joseph Kabila's spokesman said Monday.
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Rwandan President Paul Kagame suggested that Rwandan troops might already be back in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to deal with Hutu extremists who fled there after the 1994 genocide.
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President Joseph Kabila's share of the vote in Congo's historic elections rose above 50 percent Saturday as 1 million more votes were counted and certified, official results showed.
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President Joseph Kabila accused Rwanda on Friday of trying to create a confrontation with Congo in an effort to disrupt Congolese efforts to secure the country and move toward 2005 elections.