President Denis Sassou-Nguesso's trusted advisors include: Emmanuel Yoka, the President's uncle and directeur de cabinet. A lawyer and former Ambassador to Morocco, he headed the commission that revised the constitution. Firmin Ayessa, deputy head of ...
As questions are raised about oil production, cash and crude both need a clean up
Under pressure over his human rights record, President Denis Sassou Nguesso on 18 November announced a one-month amnesty for Ninja rebels in the Pool Region to surrender and return to civilian life
After five transitional years, the former President has a new mandate – of sorts
President Sassou Nguesso claims a mandate but has restarted the civil war
P>Northerners control the army, many are ex-Cobras, President Denis Sassou Nguesso's militia of the mid-1990s civil war. Commanded by the respected General Gilbert Mokoki, the military is still somewhat fractured; Sassou has quietly built up his strongest...
Demoralised opposition leaders must now decide whether to bother contesting the forthcoming legislative elections. President Denis Sassou-Nguesso won a crushing, Cold War-like 89.41 per cent in the 10 March presidential poll, on a dubious electoral regist...
The latest leader accused in Belgium of 'crimes against humanity' is President Denis Sassou Nguesso. He joins the distinguished company of: Presidents Paul Kagame (Rwanda) and Laurent Gbagbo (Côte d'Ivoire); two serving Ivorian ministers, Moïse...
The draft constitution gives the president full executive powers and two consecutive seven-year terms. President Denis Sassou-Nguesso (AC Vol 42 No 7) will refer it to the people this year.
The President wants a peace process - on his own terms
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