Vol 43 No 23 | CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE Price of silence 22nd November 2002 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...
Vol 43 No 17 | CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE Old guard, new guard 30th August 2002 After five transitional years, the former President has a new mandate – of sorts President Denis Sassou Nguesso chose a significant date to end the long transition that began with his forces' defeat of Pascal Lissouba in October 1997. The Fête Nationale...
Vol 43 No 12 | CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE By other means 14th June 2002 President Sassou Nguesso claims a mandate but has restarted the civil war Congo-Brazzaville's hidden conflict and flawed parliamentary elections show how thin a veneer of democracy covers recycled dictator Denis Sassou Nguesso. The official results from the first round of...
Vol 43 No 12 | CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE Who's who in Sassou's Congo 14th June 2002 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...
Vol 43 No 6 | CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE Back in Brazza 22nd March 2002 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...