Denis Sassou-Nguesso

Six heads of state attended including Rwandan President Paul Kagame Angolan President João Lourenço and Congo-Brazzaville President Denis Sassou Nguesso which was five more than attended the inauguration of Tshisekedi's son Félix Tshisekedi as President in January...

Meckassoua whose important friends also include President Denis Sassou Nguesso of Congo-Brazzaville has been taking advantage of CAR's new constitution and exercising parliament's right to hold government to account...

President Denis Sassou-Nguesso is no stranger to Washington's K Street where all the major United States lobbying firms are found having previously hired lobbyists to campaign against so-called vulture funds and to help win debt relief...

President Touadéra first alienated President Idriss Déby Itno of Chad and President Denis Sassou-Nguesso of Congo-Brazzaville key mediators and sponsors in CAR's internal affairs and foreign relations...

M6 has dazzled his hosts with his energetic regional diplomacy and lightning tours of the continent dropping in on old friends such as President Denis Sassou-Nguesso of Congo-Brazzaville and old schoolmate President Ali Bongo Ondimba of Gabon but the lustre threatens to wear thin...

Later he became an advisor to President Abdoulaye Wade in Senegal (2000-12) and friend of President Denis Sassou-Nguesso of Congo-Brazzaville...

President Denis Sassou-Nguesso seems in several minds about what to do with the opposition...

Five days later Mouamba and 33 of the 37 ministers in his previous government were re-appointed to their posts by President Denis Sassou-Nguesso...

Few countries can ever have warranted as terse a press release as that issued by the International Monetary Fund on the meeting of its chief Christine Lagarde with President Denis Sassou-Nguesso on 19 September in New York at the United Nations General Assembly...

His attempt over the past six months to return to the world of spin – with Congo-Brazzaville's President Denis Sassou-Nguesso – has been less than successful though not without drama perhaps farce...