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Brass For AfricaNew government in DRC
The presidential elections of 2006 are complete: Joseph Kabila was inaugurated as President of the DRC on 6 December 2006.
The new DRC government was finally announced by presidential decree on Congolese state television on Monday night 5 February 2007
More info at http://www.monuc.org/News.aspx?newsId=13781
United Nations involvement in DRC
The UN security council has extended MONUC's (United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo) mandate to 15 April 2007
More info at http://www.monuc.org/News.aspx?newsId=13871
In late 2006 Graham Toulmin and Peter Bragg from Springwood made a short trip to Congo to deliver dental equipment, and meet with dental and medical workers in the Anglican Church. They had hoped to attend the consecration of the new bishop of Bukavu Bahati Bali-Busane, but with late changes of date, missed the ceremony.
New Bishop Mahati wrote on 20 Jan 2007:
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
Greetings from Bukavu.We are very grateful for you love for the people of Congo. I personally Bahati Bali-Busane, the new bishop of Bukavu, am very honored and fill blessed by you our dear friends in Australia as I heard your plan to come to participate to my consecration but I am sorry that the change of the date according to the situation in the country had disturbed you. We regret that in deed. WE were very happy to see our brother Timon (Grodya) who brought that precious gift and we spent a fruitfull time together. Our prayer is that God will provide another opportunity for many friend to come to visit and stay with us. You are most welcome!
Thank you very much, may God bless you!
Bishop Bahati
BUKAVU Diocese
