Congo's President Denis Sassou Nguesso

Congo's Dennis Sassou -Nguesso sworn in for fifth term

Politics Apr 17
Congo's President Denis Sassou Nguesso has taken the oath of office for another term, extending his 36-year accumulated rule. The 77-year-old won 88.4 percent of the vote in the March 21 election, boycotted by the main opposition. Sassou Nguesso was sworn in the capital Brazzaville on Friday.
President Felix Tshisekedi of the DR Congo
UN Security Council welcomes progress in DRC, voices concern over violence
Politics Apr 04
UNITED NATIONS, The Security Council has welcomed the positive developments in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and voiced concern over violence in the east and the dire humanitarian situation in the country.
Kolela
Congo presidential candidate dies of Covid-19 in aircraft
Politics Mar 22

The main contender to President of the Republic of Congo, Denis Sassou Nguesso in Sunday’s held presidential election

Denis Sassou Nguesso. Photo: Getty Images
Internet shutdown in Republic of Congo as voters elect a president
Politics Mar 22
The internet has been shutdown on the day of voting in the Republic of Congo as voters choose a new president.
Men on a motorbike ride past billboards of presidential candidates and leading opposition leaders Guy Brice Parfait Kolelas and Mathias Dzon, in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo March 17, 2021 [Hereward Holland/ Reuters]
Congo: Guy Brice Parfait Kolelas hospitalised with COVID-19
Politics Mar 21
The leading opposition presidential candidate in Republic of Congo was receiving oxygen at a private hospital after being diagnosed with COVID-19, a family member said, casting Sunday’s election into doubt on the eve of the vote.
The defence and security forces will vote on March 17
Congo sets presidential election for March 21
Politics Jan 14
The Republic of Congo will hold its presidential election on March 21, public television said on Thursday, with President Denis Sassou Nguesso, who has been in power for a total of 36 years, named as his party’s candidate.
Doctor Dadin Bonkole works at the Ingende Hospital's Ebola Red Zone
In the Congo rainforest, the doctor who discovered Ebola warns of deadly viruses yet to come
Health Dec 28
Showing early symptoms of hemorrhagic fever, the patient sits quietly on her bed, wrangling two toddlers desperate to flee the cell-like hospital room in Ingende, a remote town in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). They are waiting for the results of a test for Ebola.