Congo's Kabila faces daunting reconstruction task
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Joseph Kabila will be sworn in on Wednesday as Congo's first freely elected president in more than four decades, but he faces a mammoth task to satisfy popular expectations after years of war, dictatorship and chaos.
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KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo -- A coalition backing President Joseph Kabila won Congo's first free parliamentary elections in more than 40 years but fell short of an overall majority, electoral authorities said yesterday.
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The fighting between government troops and Congolese rebels has raised fears of a renewal of the warfare that broke out in August 1998.
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Hackles are rising in Congo's volatile  capital Kinshasa as incumbent President Joseph Kabila builds a  lead with results trickling in from the country's first free  elections in more than four decades.
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Congo's newly elected national assembly was installed Friday and party leaders began jockeying for power in the divided group, while a key politician threw his support behind President Joseph Kabila.
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In large swaths of Congo, many people rely on an increasingly dangerous railway system long past its prime.
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Joseph Kabila, seen here on December 1, has been sworn in as the first democratically elected president of the Democratic Republic of Congo at a colourful ceremony attended by thousands of guests and seen by ...Comment
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Second place might be good enough for the former rebel trailing President Joseph Kabila in Congo's historic election &#151; at least this time around.
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The United Nations Security Council  told Congo's leaders on Monday they must hold the country's  first postwar elections next year as planned and speed up  preparations to make sure they happen on time.
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MOMBASA, Kenya  - Security alerts, bad roads and a struggle to raise funds have preoccupied the city of Mombasa as it prepares to host the world cross country championships next month.
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SUCRE, Bolivia  - Bolivians sat down a month ago   to rewrite their constitution, but disputes and infighting   threaten to bog down President Evo Morales' plan to rebuild the   country on indigenous principles.
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African economies face a daunting challenge to catch up with the rest of the world after missing out on two decades of growth, a new report by the World Bank has said.
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KINSHASA, Congo, Oct. 16 -- President Joseph Kabila of Congo visited territory in the country&#39;s northeast formerly held by rebels for the first time since taking power in 2001, his spokesman said Saturday.
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International concern was growing after Rwandan President Paul Kagame announced that his country's troops will launch an operation in pursuit of Rwandan Hutu rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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KINSHASA, Congo, Sept. 3 -- Two hospitals, named for two mothers. One is mired in the past; the other represents beaten-down Congo's hopes for a better future.
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KINSHASA, 20 December (IRIN) - With fresh battle fronts opening up and tens of thousands of civilians fleeing their homes, there has been mounting concern among international bodies that the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is heading for a major war.
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The task of repairing the damage caused by the grounding of the MSC Napoli is proving complex and difficult.