Vol 47 No 3 | 
            - AFRICAN UNION
 
        
        
		
        
        
    
        
	
	     They were less enthusiastic about his substitute  Congo-Brazzaville's President Denis Sassou-Nguesso  who first took power in 1979 by a coup against General Jacques-Joachim Yhombi-Opango...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     By the end of March  when the IMF and Bank boards meet to consider Congo's inclusion in the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) debt-relief programme  President Denis Sassou-Nguesso's regime must comply with stiff conditions on accountability and transparency...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
            Vol 47 No 1 | 
            - CENTRAL AFRICA
 
        
        
		
        
        
    
        
	
	     Meanwhile  investors are jostling for oil concessions on the coast  while the state-owned Société Minière de Bakwanga (Miba) is looking for partners to exploit diamonds  gold and nickel (AC Vol 46 No 22)     CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE: President Denis Sassou-Nguesso has been strengthened by the decision of veteran opponent Bernard Kolélas to endorse his rule (AC Vol 46 No 22)...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     President Denis Sassou-Nguesso (AC Vol 45 No 25) had blocked Kolélas' earlier attempts to re-enter Congo but allowed him to bring the body home and promised an amnesty for his trumped-up war crimes convictions...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Twelve hours after the polls closed  Rawlings went off for a six-day visit to President Denis Sassou Nguesso in Congo-Brazzaville...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	    Congo's Christmas wish  a three-year US$84 million Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility  was granted by the International Monetary Fund on 6 December  after years of failed reforms and broken promises from President Denis Sassou-Nguesso...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	    After years of broken promises to the International Monetary Fund  President Denis Sassou-Nguesso has finally agreed to reveal how Congo's oil wealth is managed...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	      President Denis Sassou-Nguesso  emerging from breakfast with French President Jacques Chirac on 16 July  promised to tackle the problem  but the mission's findings can hardly have come as much of a surprise...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Apart from Chissano and Mugabe  only five heads of state turned up  Madagascar's President Marc Ravalomanana  Botswana's President Festus Mogae  King Mswati III of Swaziland  President Denis Sassou Nguesso of Congo-Brazzaville and President Xanana Gusmão of East Timor  the ACP's newest member...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	    The peace process has run out of steam  key politicians remain in exile  and veterans in the ruling Parti Congolais du Travail (PCT) increasingly resent the dominant role of members of President Denis Sassou-Nguesso's immediate family and wider Mbochi clan...