Denis Sassou-Nguesso

Yet to the frustration of human rights and anti-corruption campaigners some of whom held demonstrations outside the State Department for the duration of the summit other long-stay leaders such as Equatorial Guinea's Teodoro Obiang Congo-Brazzaville's Denis Sassou-Nguesso Cameroon's Paul Biya Uganda's Yoweri Museveni and Burkina Faso's Blaise Compaoré were accorded full diplomatic honours and more discreetly feted by local business groups and lobbyists...

Significantly the CEEAC summit followed the 6 June meeting in Luanda hosted by Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos with the aim of reconciling Déby and Congo-Brazzaville President Denis Sassou-Nguesso...

So President Denis Sassou-Nguesso likes to assert his authority from time to time perhaps reckoning that Kinshasa is unlikely to react...

Among the Francophone African Presidents in attendance were Denis Sassou-Nguesso of Congo-Brazzaville Gabon's Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba and Mali's Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta...

Africa Confidential thronged the red carpet to see a relaxed-looking Paul Kagame smiling Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba and fit-looking Denis Sassou-Nguesso arrive from Rwanda Gabon and Congo-Brazzaville respectively...

Congolese President Denis Sassou-Nguesso refused to meet him in Brazzaville and French officials in Bangui do not seem unhappy with the idea of his leaving...

A discussion between Guinean President Alpha Condé who favoured UN involvement in CAR and Congo-Brazzaville's President Denis Sassou-Nguesso who opposed it was finally resolved when the new CAR Interim President Catherine Samba- Panza called for an early deployment of UN forces...

Although regional leaders such as Congo-Brazzaville's Denis Sassou-Nguesso and Chad's Déby oppose the involvement of United Nations forces there CAR's interim President Catherine Samba-Panza has specifically requested UN troops presumably to give her some autonomy from neighbouring states...

Especially enthusiastic were the two leaders most influential in CAR President Denis Sassou-Nguesso of Congo-Brazzaville (whom President François Hollande telephoned directly) and Chad's President Idriss Déby Itno...

By allowing Bozizé a role in the unfolding drama in CAR Biya is signalling his anger about the handling of the conflict by the regional Presidents – Denis Sassou-Nguesso of Congo-Brazzaville and Idriss Déby Itno of Chad...