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Congo-Brazzaville
Population: 3.8 mn.
GDP: 12.0 bn.
Debt: 1.3 bn.
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President Denis Sassou-Nguesso and the ruling PCT are confident of an easy if illegitimate victory in parliamentary elections. French support has helped deflect IMF and World Bank criticism of corruption and mismanagement. France's Total will lead in developing the US$10 bn. Moho Bilondo oil field.

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  • Vol 41 No 16
  •  4th August 2000

Now the economic battle

Despite all the killling, the government has to worry more about money than politics

  • Vol 40 No 21
  •  22nd October 1999

Danse macabre

In their ekonga initiation dance, young warriors from northern Congo chant 'Boma !', meaning 'Kill!' The 'Cobra' militiamen who follow General Denis Sassou-Nguesso have often used the word in recent weeks, as they try to drive the 'Ninjas' (militias of ex...

  • Vol 40 No 17
  •  27th August 1999

Manège à trois

Mysterious documents are doing the rounds in Paris claiming that Sassou wants to retire

  • Vol 40 No 14
  •  9th July 1999

Fighting talk

Under fire, strongman Sassou is sending secret messages to his enemies

  • Vol 40 No 6
  •  19th March 1999

Look in The Mirror

Who sent sent a putschist’s shopping list of arms and mercenaries, purportedly drawn up by ousted Congo-Brazzaville President Pascal Lissouba to a mass circulation London tabloid, the Daily Mirror? The claimed target of the plot, President Dénis Sassou-Ng...

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