DR Congo's Tshisekedi adds opposition figures to cabinet in reshuffle

The Congolese government has reshuffled its cabinet which now includes opposition members in an effort to cobble together support across the remaining regions where the government still retains control.

In a television address by the government spokesperson, Tina Salama, late Thursday, the government announced the 53 members of the new cabinet, including Adolphe Muzito, a former prime minister under former President Joseph Kabila as the vice prime minister in charge of the budget.

More than 90% of the old cabinet members have been retained.

The incumbent president, Felix Tshisekedi, defeated Kabila in 2019, putting an end to the latter's 18-year rule of the central African country.

Direct talks in Doha scheduled for Friday between the Congolese government and M23 rebels will not take place as neither party has traveled there. On Thursday, the rebels claimed they had not received an official invitation to the talks.

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