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Congo security forces vote in upcoming presidential poll By AFP MAR 17, 2021 Denis Sassou Nguesso (C), President of the Republic of the Congo, is the frontrunner in the election. By Patrik STOLLARZ (AFP) Security forces in the Republic of Congo were casting their ballots on Wednesday ahead of presidential elections in which veteran leader Denis Sassou Nguesso is frontrunner. A polling station opened in the city of Dolisie in the south of the country, AFP journalists saw, where 1,203 soldiers, ...

A human rights activist was arrested Thursday in Brazzaville ten days before the presidential election in the Republic of Congo, official sources said Friday. Dr Alexandre Ibacka Dzabana, 77, coordinator of the Congolese Platform of Human Rights NGOs is accused of "wanting to destabilize the electoral process". He was arrested Thursday by plainclothes security agents. according to his group (OCDH). His relatives in France also gave the alert Thursday to AFP. "This is a kidnapping because he was...

Congo President Denis Sassou Nguesso will face seven challengers in a March 21 election, the interior ministry said Tuesday, though the main opposition has said it plans to boycott the vote. Sassou Nguesso, who has ruled for 36 years in total, will notably face Mathias Dzon, a 73-year-old former finance minister, and Guy-Brice Parfait Kolelas, 60. Kolelas, whose father Bernard was briefly Congos prime minister in 1997 during the countrys civil war, was runner-up to Sassou Nguesso in 2016. The c...

For several years, the Republic of the Congo has been quietly buying an arsenal from Azerbaijan, with the latest cache arriving before next month’s election

President Denis Sassou Nguesso has been in power for 36 years and at 77 is the oldest candidate in the March 21 election.

Pastor, Ex-Ministers to Run for President in Republic of Congo Bloomberg 2/5/2021 Elie Smith (Bloomberg) -- A retired army colonel and two ex-cabinet ministers plan to run in the Republic of Congo’s elections next month, when voters will decide whether or not to extend President Denis Sassou Nguesso’s more than two-decade rule. Retired army Colonel Albert Oniangue, who is now a pastor in an evangelical church, and former Civil Service Minister Guy Brice Parfait Kolelas sai...

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Election In Congo Brazzaville : Sassou Nguesso Is Candidate Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso, has officially received the benediction of his party, the Congolese Labor Party (PCT), to stand for the March 2021 Presidential elections. The decision was made public on Friday January 8, 2021, by members of his party after the holding of an extraordinary congress.Lire aussi : Libya: Maritime Talks With Greece To Resume The investiture was the highlight of the first extraordinary session o...