Denis Sassou-Nguesso

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...

President Denis Sassou-Nguesso grandly declared that Brazzaville would pay for the study but Kinshasa says the consultants should bear the cost...

Congo-Brazzaville's President Denis Sassou-Nguesso knows this better than anyone having managed to regain power in 1997 thanks to a massive intervention on his side by the Angolan army...

To circumvent such problems Kabila proposed that President Denis Sassou-Nguesso of Congo-Brazzaville should mediate with the most resolute opposition leader Tshisekedi...

Currently plotting to change their countries' constitutions are Burkina Faso's Blaise Compaoré Congo-Kinshasa's Joseph Kabila and Congo-Brazzaville's Denis Sassou-Nguesso – all leaders who preside over governments with appalling records on human rights and accountability...