Denis Sassou-Nguesso

A demonstration against La Françafrique on 20 February gathered a couple of thousand people cheerfully protesting against anything from France's treatment of Gbagbo to the impunity enjoyed by long-standing friends of the Elysée Palace such as Togo's President Gnassingbé Eyadéma and Congo-Brazzaville's President Denis Sassou-Nguesso...

It is unlikely that CEMAC will intervene in Congo-Brazzaville where the resurgent Ninja rebels undermine President Denis Sassou Nguesso's claims that his dubious election last year marked a turning point...

The 600-strong French Sixth Marine Infantry Battalion is encamped next to the main presidential palace in Libreville and (like his son-in-law Congo-Brazzaville's President Denis Sassou Nguesso) he can rely on security and diplomatic support from French President Jacques Chirac in return for protecting France's oil and other economic interests...

Apart from Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo those causing most concern include Togo's President Gnassingbé Eyadéma (who has promised to stand down next year but does everything to prepare for another term) and Guinea's President Lansana Conté Congo-Brazzaville's Denis Sassou Nguesso Central African Republic's Ange-Félix Patassé and Burkina Faso's Blaise Compaoré...

Mired for years in war human rights abuses and shady electoral practices the regime of Congo President Denis Sassou Nguesso has received a boost from Brussels...

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 return to civilian life (AC Vol 43 No 17)...

Congo-Brazzaville's Denis Sassou-Nguesso is regarded as retrievable since he recently sent a Rwandan genocide suspect to the International Tribunal in Arusha as the USA had been quietly demanding for months...

Congo-B President Denis Sassou Nguesso proposed Lopes at the 1997 Francophone summit in Vietnam...

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...

There has never been any doubt about the victor in this year's Congolese presidential and parliamentary elections - President Denis Sassou-Nguesso and his Parti Congolais du Travail (AC Vol 43 No 12)...