DAKAR, March 11 (Reuters) - Denis Sassou Nguesso, the 82-year-old president of Republic of Congo, is seeking another ...

Voters will be heading to the polls to vote for a president in the Republic of Congo on Sunday but the outcome seems to be a foregone conclusion as the country's longtime leader Dennis Sassou N'Guesso ...

In an oil-producing country where 60 percent of people are under 25, nearly half the population lives in poverty.

Days before Congo's presidential election on Sunday, its streets were filled with campaign posters and banners urging the country’s 2.6 million registered voters to head to the polls ...

Is Brazzaville's stability a result of gradual democratic consolidation or carefully organised political continuity?

Since late February, the Republic of Congo has been alive with campaigning ahead of the 15 March presidential election. Among the seven candidates, incumbent Denis Sassou Nguesso was the first to ...

The election posters are up, the candidates are doing the rounds and the party rallies are taking place almost without a hitch. But observers say plenty of nasty surprises remain in store as the ...

Congo-Brazzaville's 82-year-old President Denis Sassou Nguesso said Thursday he would run for a new term in elections next March, seeking to extend his more than four decades in power. Sassou ...

But observers say plenty of nasty surprises remain in store as the Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa's powder keg, barrels towards presidential and parliamentary elections on December 23. "The ...