Denis Sassou-Nguesso

She wanted no interference in internal affairs or discussion of the presence of Presidents Hun Sen and Denis Sassou Nguesso of Cambodia and Congo-Brazzaville both in power after recent army coups...

Denis Sassou Nguesso to consolidate...

Denis Sassou-Nguesso is once more the ruler of Congo-Brazzaville by force of arms...

Between the invitations and the due date on 6 and 7 November Denis Sassou-Nguesso's cobra militiamen had passed through Libreville on their way to Congo-Brazzaville and Pascal Lissouba's soldiers had threatened Gabon with revenge...

Fresh from his military defeat of the elected President Pascal Lissouba on 15 October General Denis Sassou Nguesso told Africa Confidential that he would follow a policy of ouverture and national reconciliation...

And Bongo's father-in-law Denis Sassou Nguesso with whom Lissouba is at war might not be too pleased...

In the final months of Pascal Lissouba's presidential term which officially ended on 31 August over 6 000 people have died in the war between his supporters and those of ex-dictator Denis Sassou Nguesso...

Bongo is working closely with Paris to help to solve the feud in Congo-Brazzaville between President Pascal Lissouba and former dictator Denis Sassou Nguesso who has several good friends high up in the PS...

This allowed the third presidential contender Brazzaville Mayor Bernard Kolélas to stake his claim by heading a National Mediation Committee which has at least brought the warring factions – one supporting Lissouba the other General Denis Sassou Nguesso – into ceasefire talks...