Word: mawampanga
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...Here's my business card. Sorry my name is misspelled. A friend made the cards. I have no money." Meet the interim Finance Minister of Congo, Mawampanga Mwana Nanga. He is also the Agriculture Minister. "Every day is a nightmare. The roads go no farther than 60 miles outside the capital. Less than 10% of the country has electricity. People have forgotten how to work together, and too many are corrupt. This country is not a state. It's a mess. Why are we Africans shooting at each other? There is so much work to be done...
KINSHASA -- Laurent Kabila received a hero's welcome in Kinshasa on Tuesday night, sweeping into the capital city by motorcade three days after his troops captured the city. Will the country will live up to its new name, the Democratic Republic of the Congo? New finance minister Mwana Nanga Mawampanga says that Kabila wants to hold multi-party elections within a year, a commitment supported by the United States and other Western nations. While Mawampanga issued a call for unity, he added that individuals who had been associated with overthrown President Mobutu are welcome...
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