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Congo-Brazzaville

Denis Sassou-Nguesso

Date of Birth: 23 November 1943
Place of Birth: Edou, Oyo District


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    Vol 49 No 4 |
  • CHAD

Beyond the borders

The summit duly condemned the Chadian rebels and sent as mediators three one-time coup-makers - Presidents Denis Sassou Nguesso of Congo-Brazzaville Blaise Compaoré of Burkina Faso and Colonel Moammar el Gadaffi of Libya (who once sent his tanks into Chad)...


A slow road to travel

CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE: For President Denis Sassou-Nguesso the international circuit will be lonelier now that his long-time friend French President Jacques Chirac has left power...


China's Nova Luanda

Escom built an international airport near the home town of President Denis Sassou Nguesso of Congo-Brazzaville and has large interests in Latin America and Macau...


Election failure

On 12 July returning from the African Union summit in Ghana President Denis Sassou Nguesso postponed the second round originally due on 22 July and sacked the Director General of Electoral Affairs Armand Baboutila...


Long arms

In Paris after a complaint by the non-governmental organisations Sherpa and Survie the Public Prosecutor's Office is investigating allegations that Bongo's clan (and his father-in-law Congo-Brazzaville's President Denis Sassou-Nguesso's family) used pilfered money to build a hotel and property empire...


At the barrel of a gun

Adada (61) the joint UN-AU Special Envoy agreed by AU Chairman Alpha Oumar Konaré and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has been President Denis Sassou-Nguesso's Foreign Minister for ten years and is a presidential confidant...


A strange alliance

Back-room dealing is habitual in Congo-Brazzaville where President Denis Sassou-Nguesso and his Parti Congolais du Travail (PCT) lead a coalition of 30 parties the Forces Démocratiques Unies (FDU)...


Life without Jacques

President Denis Sassou-Nguesso's government is neither clean enough nor competent enough to qualify for aid (AC Vol 47 No 2)...


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