Congo's Kabila sacks his entire cabinet

President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo sacked his entire cabinet today, state television reported.

President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo sacked his entire cabinet today, state television reported.

A statement read on television and signed by presidential cabinet director Mr Theophile Bemba Fundu said the President had acted out of concern about a social and economic situation marked by deterioration in living conditions accentuated by the war.

PA

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