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Congo
JDO's strategy for paving the way for the future

In the race to succeed Denis Sassou N'Guesso, it would appear that the secret service chief has developed the most extensive network of allies. [...]

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Andre Ondele
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Landry Olita
Nianga Ngatse Mbouala
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French international broadcaster TV5 Monde on controversial quest for African financing

TV5 Monde boss Yves Bigot has been touring French-speaking Africa in a bid to get seven countries to take a stake in the French-language international broadcaster. The initiative, backed by France's foreign ministry, has sparked concern among staff who fear its editorial independence will suffer.

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Congo
Sassou cosies up ever closer to Kagame

On frosty terms with Ali Bongo and going through a rocky patch with Félix Tshisekedi, the Congolese president Denis Sassou Nguesso has been tightening his ties with his Rwandan opposite number Paul Kagame. Several emissaries are acting as go-betweens.

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Ambitions clash in Sassou Nguesso's entourage amid coronavirus crisis

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War of the cousins around Denis Sassou Nguesso

Holed up in his native stronghold of Oyo in the [...]

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Sassou Nguesso thumbs his nose at the IMF

The Congolese president is resisting the austerity measures demanded by the monetary institution.

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Why Sassou Nguesso is eliminating all his opponents

Following the guilty verdict against General Jean-Marie Michel Mokoko (aka J3M, WAN 773), his challenger in the March 2016 presidential [...]

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Why General Nianga Ngatse Mbouala got his marching orders

Republican Guard commander Nianga Ngatse Mbouala, also known as "Dio Bill", was sacked on January 11 after having held this [...]

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Lamyr Nguele, the regime's anti-corruption magistrate

Lamyr Nguele, who has been president of the Commission nationale de lutte contre la corruption, la concussion et la fraude [...]

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Congo
Sassou beefs up his security apparatus courtesy of Leonard Noel Essongo

Denis Sassou-Nguesso has bolstered his security apparatus with the appointment on 25 November of the 69-year-old general Leonard Noel Essongo, [...]

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Sassou Nguesso shuffles the deckchairs as the ship goes down

In contrast to previous conferences in Paris and Marrakesh, Denis Sassou-Nguesso considerably reduced the size of the delegation accompanying him to Bonn in Germany for the COP 23 from 6 to 17 November. Deep in the financial doldrums, the Congolese [.

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Ngatse Mbouala in tug of war with Okemba

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Plenty on the president’s plate

It’s been far from plain sailing for long-serving President Denis Sassou-Nguesso a few months in to his new term in office delivered by a contested election victory in March. Against a backdrop of financial instability, the head of state has [.

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Mboshi secure Sassou’s constitution referendum

The Congolese security services, headed by relatives of the president or members of his Mboshi ethnic group, are on standby to ensure his referendum on the constitution goes smoothly.

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Congo
Holding the fort while Sassou's away

To ensure he would not suffer a fate that has befallen other African leaders – being overthrown while they are away abroad – Denis Sassou Nguesso made sure everything was in order before he headed off for the Mediterranean resort of Marbella in August.

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Sassou negotiates way to 2016 elections

With the next presidential elections in the Republic of Congo less than two years away, it seems that nothing can stop Denis Sassou-Nguesso, 71, from running for another term, even though the constitution that he himself approved forbids it.

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Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Congo
JDO's strategy for paving the way for the future

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French international broadcaster TV5 Monde on controversial quest for African financing

Congo
Sassou cosies up ever closer to Kagame

Congo
Ambitions clash in Sassou Nguesso's entourage amid coronavirus crisis

Congo
War of the cousins around Denis Sassou Nguesso

Congo
Sassou Nguesso thumbs his nose at the IMF

Congo
Why Sassou Nguesso is eliminating all his opponents

Congo
Why General Nianga Ngatse Mbouala got his marching orders

Congo
Lamyr Nguele, the regime's anti-corruption magistrate

Congo
Sassou beefs up his security apparatus courtesy of Leonard Noel Essongo

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Sassou Nguesso shuffles the deckchairs as the ship goes down

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Ngatse Mbouala in tug of war with Okemba

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Mboshi secure Sassou’s constitution referendum

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