Kenyans are anxiously awaiting the announcement, possibly Tuesday of members of the country’s new cabinet. Under the power-sharing agreement signed February 28 between President Mwai Kibaki’s Party of National Unity (PNU) and opposition leader Raila Odinga’s Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) both sides are to have equal number of cabinet posts in the new government.

An executive meeting of the State Council on Wednesday approved in principle the working rules for the new cabinet.

Thailand's new cabinet has been approved, putting in place the first elected government since the military ousted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. As VOA's Luis Ramirez reports from Bangkok, the new cabinet is stacked with Mr. Thaksin's supporters, who are taking steps to prevent any new intervention by the military.

Georgia's parliament has unanimously confirmed Prime Minister Lado Gurgenidze's new cabinet as opposition members boycotted the vote.

Somalia’s newly confirmed cabinet ministers are beginning their third day of work Wednesday in the violent-plagued capital of Mogadishu after arriving over the weekend, marking the official relocation of the new government from Baidoa to the national capital. Abdirazak Ashkii is Somalia’s minister for reconciliation. He old VOA that Mogadishu is relatively safe despite reports of frequent mortar attacks from Islamic insurgents.

New cabinet structure put by the Prime Minister awaits Putin plan for his recommendation to the berth of minister.