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- Vol 44 No 24
- 05/12/2003
Cleaned out
As questions are raised about oil production, cash and crude both need a clean up
- Vol 43 No 23
- 22/11/2002
Price of silence
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
- Vol 43 No 17
- 30/08/2002
Old guard, new guard
After five transitional years, the former President has a new mandate – of sorts
- Vol 43 No 12
- 14/06/2002
By other means
President Sassou Nguesso claims a mandate but has restarted the civil war
- Vol 43 No 12
- 14/06/2002
Who's who in Sassou's Congo
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...
- Vol 43 No 6
- 22/03/2002
Back in Brazza
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...
- Vol 42 No 21
- 26/10/2001
In absentia
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...
- Vol 42 No 17
- 31/08/2001
Long wait
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.
- Vol 41 No 25
- 22/12/2000
End of empire
The latest would-be peacemaker for Congo-Kinshasa is the President of neighbouring Congo-Brazzaville, Denis Sassou Nguesso.
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