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



![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]](/sites/default/files/styles/normal_size/public/media-image/2021-03-19T075807Z_1910054596_RC27EM9XZ67Q_RTRMADP_3_CONGOREPUBLIC-ELECTION.jpg?itok=t1SZ3mkz)

