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President Denis Sassou Nguesso in the March 21 vote, after rejecting the opposition's appeal. "On the final results of the election (...), the Constitutional Court has made the necessary rectifications and adjustments. The candidate Denis Sassou Nguesso, who won 88.40% of the presidential vote, has been declared elected," said Auguste Iloki, president of the country's highest judicial body. "The appeals for annulment and postponement of the presidential election" presented by Mathias Dzon, Jean-Jacques Serge Yhombi Opango and Christian Mozoma are deemed "inadmissible", he added. At the end of...

Archyde April 7, 2021 by archyde President Denis Sassou Nguesso speaks to reporters after voting outside the polling station in Brazzaville, Congo-Brazzaville, March 21, 2021. OLIVIA ACLAND / REUTERS At 77, Denis Sassou Nguesso was definitively elected president of Congo-Brazzaville for a fourth term. A judgment of the Constitutional Court ruled “Inadmissible” appeals from opponents calling for the cancellation of the ballot. During the election campaign, Mr. Sassou Nguesso, who spent 36 years in power at the head of authoritarian regimes, placed peace, youth and agricultural developmen...

Congo Court Certifies President Sassou-Nguesso's Re-election By AFP News on April 07 2021 6:34 AM Congo's Constitutional Court on Tuesday certified the re-election of longtime leader Denis Sassou-Nguesso, two weeks after provisional results gave him a widely expected landslide victory in the central African country. Rejecting an appeal by the opposition, court president Auguste Iloki said Sassou-Nguesso, 77, is "declared elected" with 88.4 percent of the vote. The March 21 election was boycotted by the main opposition and overshadowed by the death from Covid of Sassou-Nguesso's o...