Denis Sassou-Nguesso

It came as no surprise when just before Christmas President Denis Sassou-Nguesso was officially nominated by the ruling Parti Congolais du Travail (PCT) as its candidate in the 21 March presidential election...

The non-profit amaBhungane centre for investigate journalism published an unflattering profile on 18 September alleging he provided favours to Congo-Brazzaville's President Denis Sassou-Nguesso and Malawi's President Joyce Banda as reported in Africa Confidential (AC Vol 55 No 3 Banda and the jets)...

Its popularity was helped by the fact that President Denis Sassou-Nguesso after the intervention of Touadéra summoned Meckassoua and Bozizé to his home village of Oyo to hear what they had to say about it...

Ramaphosa then flew to Congo-Brazzaville for the AU's High-Level Committee on Libya which is headed by President Denis Sassou-Nguesso...

Condé is also close to other influential 'third-termers': Congo-Brazzaville's Denis Sassou-Nguesso and Rwanda's President Paul Kagame...

On the face of it it is just another lucrative lobbying deal with Israeli arms dealer turned lobbyist Ari Ben Menashe bagging another US$1 million contract to add Tunisian media mogul and presidential hopeful Nabil Karoui to a client list that includes Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar Congo-Brazzaville's President Denis Sassou-Nguesso and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo aka Hemeti deputy leader of Sudan's Transitional Military Council (AC Vol 60 No 16 Lobbyist of last resort)...

Also on his books is Congo-Brazzaville President Denis Sassou Nguesso on a $2 million contract...

President Denis Sassou-Nguesso appears again to have secured victory over the International Monetary Fund obtaining an urgently needed bail-out in exchange for promises that he has made and broken many times over the previous two decades...

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...