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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, police and gendarmes were scheduled to vote -- a civic duty in this country. Also called Congo-Brazz...

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 arrested by unidentified men. The modus operandi is that of another era," Tresor Nzila said. "We de...

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 Congo's prime minister in 1997 during the country's civil war, was runner-up to Sassou Nguesso in 2016. The candidates' names will now be sent to the constitutional court for validation, said Seraphin Ondele...

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.