Congo President, PM name gov't for 1st time since Dec poll win

Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi and his prime minister named a new government for the first time since winning an election last December, a statement from prime minister Illunga Illunkamba's office said on Monday.

The mining portfolio went to Willy Samsoni, a former mines minister in the local government of Haut Katanga province, while Democratic Republic of Congo's former director-general of taxes Sele Yalaghuli was named finance minister.

Ngoy Mukena, a close ally of former president Joseph Kabila, was named Defence Minister.