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)...
Vol 49 No 1 |
- CENTRAL AFRICA
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...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 1 |
- ANGOLA
- CHINA
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...
In Congo-Brazzaville the target is President Denis Sassou Nguesso's treatment of oil revenue...
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...
Vol 48 No 14 |
- GABON
- FRANCE
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...
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...
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)...
President Denis Sassou-Nguesso's government is neither clean enough nor competent enough to qualify for aid (AC Vol 47 No 2)...
Vol 48 No 10 |
- PARLIAMENTS
President Denis Sassou-Nguesso has used his political skills to divide and marginalise Congo-Brazzaville's opposition...