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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's Constitutional Court confirms re-election of President Denis Sassou Nguesso ANI | Updated: Apr 07, 2021 12:40 IST Brazzaville [Congo], April 7 (ANI/Xinhua): The Republic of the Congo's Constitutional Court on Tuesday confirmed the re-election of PresidentDenis Sassou Nguesso after provisional results gave him victory in the central African country two weeks ago. Sassou NGuesso won with 88.4 per cent of votes against 7.96 per cent for Guy Brice Parfait Kolelas, and 1.92 per cent for Mathias Dzon, according to the court. Overall, the voting took pla...

Congo candidate who died on polling day won vote — Party On Kindly Share This Story: The party of Congo opposition presidential candidate Guy-Brice Parfait Kolelas — who died of Covid-19 on election day last month — said Saturday that its own results showed he in fact won the vote. The Republic of Congo’s President Denis Sassou Nguesso, who has been in power for an accumulated 36 years, won re-election on March 21 with a whopping 88.57 percent of the vote, according to the interior minister citing figures from the electoral commission. The vote was boycotted by the main opposition an...

The party of Congo opposition presidential candidate Guy-Brice Parfait Kolelas -- who died of Covid-19 on election day last month -- said Saturday that its own results showed he in fact won the vote. The Republic of Congo's President Denis Sassou Nguesso, who has been in power for an accumulated 36 years, won re-election on March 21 with a whopping 88.57 percent of the vote, according to the interior minister citing figures from the electoral...

Security forces have started to vote in the town of Dolisie, ahead of Wednesday's presidential election. 12 000 soldiers and police officers casted their vote. According to the Congolese authorities, this would free up security forces, and allow them to focus on securing polling stations on Wednesday. But most of the opposition candidates have pointed the move as an fraud attempt, that would give President Denis Sassou Nguesso a headstart in the election. Bertrand Menier, of the "Mouvement Ras-le-bol" (Fed-up Movement), said the voters lists did not dissociate members of the military from ci...