Congo swears in new ministers

DOZENS of ministers in Congo’s new power-sharing government were sworn in yesterday in a move that is hoped will end a war that has killed more than three million people in five years.

Two rebel leaders and an opposition politician were among four vice presidents sworn in during a ceremony in the capital Kinshasa on Thursday and another 36 ministers and 24 vice ministers were appointed yesterday.

"A new page of the history of the country will be written, and it will be a rosy one I hope," government spokesman Vital Kamere said. "There is no more old government and no more rebels. We are all one government."