Kabila sworn in as president of Congo
Congo inaugurated Joseph Kabila as its first freely elected president in more than four decades Wednesday, installing a rebel leader’s son who ushered in a plan to end years of fighting to help the country take a place among the world’s democracies. Kabila, 35, was sworn in by the magistrates of the Supreme Court outside the presidential palace with thousands of onlookers shading themselves from the sun under umbrellas in the national colors of blue, red and yellow. Full Story