US EditionIncumbent Sassou Favoured in Congo Republic Ballot Amid Rights Concerns
President Denis Sassou Nguesso seeks another term amid opposition boycotts and concerns over election transparency with six challengers on the ballot.
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Congo-Brazzaville election: Sassou Nguesso set to extend his rule
Congolese will go to the polls on 15 March 2026 to elect their president, with a fractured opposition unable to present a single candidate. The Congolese Labor Party (PCT), in power since the end of the 1997 civil war, along with its allies, exerts extensive control over the state apparatus and electoral bodies. Citizen participation, particularly among young people aspiring for change, remains crucial for the legitimacy of the vote. The credibi…
The last official day of the campaign on 13 March in Congo-Brazzaville before the presidential elections on 15 March. The head of state ran for a fifth consecutive term after 41 years in power, while some of the political actors and civil society denounced a vote without real competition or transparency. Among the arguments put forward by the defenders of Denis Sassou-Nguesso: stability and security, at the national level, as in urban centres. A…
Congo-Brazzaville: Congo Republic's Sassou Set to Extend Long Rule
Denis Sassou Nguesso, President of the Republic of the Congo, looks set to extend his decades-long rule in elections on Sunday, even as his advanced age and a term limit fuel speculation about who will eventually succeed him.
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