Nearly eight months after former opposition chief Felix Tshisekedi was elected president, the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday unveiled a coalition government, dominated by supporters of his predecessor Joseph Kabila.

DRC Prime Minister Sylvestre Ilunga said they have finally formed the government and the president has signed the decree and they will begin work soon.

In gestation for seven months, the new government will see most of the 66 portfolios handed to Kabila's Common Front for Congo (FCC), with Tshisekedi's Direction for Change Alliance accounting for most of the rest.

The fifty-six years old Tshisekedi has vowed to enact sweeping reform and root out corruption, but has been hampered by the need to share power with the legislature, which is dominated by FCC MPs.