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...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
            Vol 60 No 12 | 
            - CONGO-KINSHASA
	     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...