Veteran leader Denis Sassou Nguesso has secured another term in office after winning 94.9 percent of the vote in Congo-Brazzaville’s presidential election, according to official results announced by the constitutional court. The March 15 vote extends Sassou Nguesso’s decades-long rule over the oil-rich Central African nation, formally known as the…
Life in the Republic of the Congo is gradually returning to normal following a high-stakes presidential election widely expected to extend the decades-long rule of President Denis Sassou Nguesso. While the vote proceeded without widespread violence, it has drawn criticism over transparency concerns, particularly after a nationwide internet blackout on…
Tensions between older and younger generations are surfacing in rural communities across Republic of the Congo as the country prepares for a presidential election widely expected to extend the long rule of incumbent leader Denis Sassou Nguesso. In the small village of Mayitoukou, located about 30 kilometres from the capital…
Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo – Voters in the Republic of the Congo are set to head to the polls on Sunday in a presidential election widely expected to extend the rule of longtime leader Denis Sassou Nguesso. Sassou Nguesso, 82, has dominated the country’s political landscape for decades, having…
As the Republic of Congo prepares for its presidential election on Sunday, streets across the capital Brazzaville and other cities are lined with campaign posters and banners urging the nation’s 2.6 million registered voters to head to the polls. Home to approximately six million people and one of Africa’s major…
Congo-Brazzaville’s 82-year-old President Denis Sassou Nguesso has signaled plans to prepare the country’s younger generation of leaders as he campaigns for re-election in the March 15 presidential poll. In an interview in the southern city of Dolisie, Sassou Nguesso emphasized that the current leadership is laying the foundation for a…
The campaign for next month’s presidential election in Congo-Brazzaville officially begins on Saturday, with 82-year-old President Denis Sassou Nguesso widely expected to extend his decades-long rule. The opening rally is being held in Pointe-Noire, the country’s economic and oil capital, under the banner of the ruling Congolese Labour Party (PCT).…
Oslo, Norway – Prosecutors in Norway have charged an oil company and two of its executives for allegedly paying millions of dollars in bribes to Republic of Congo President Denis Sassou Nguesso and his family, in a case that has drawn international attention to corruption in the energy sector. The…