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Election campaign deepens Congo's generational divide
The election exposes tensions as young villagers reject traditional authority and seek urban jobs amid widespread poverty, with over half the population below the poverty line.
- President Denis Sassou NGuesso, 82, is running for a fifth term, as the campaign widens a generational split in Mayitoukou village, with young people openly defying elders.
- Poverty and lack of jobs are pushing young people to Brazzaville, where charcoal income levels range from 100,000 to 300,000 CFA francs, while many refuse to vote amid Congo's widespread economic hardship.
- Refusing local orders, some youths declared 'Me, I'm not going to vote', and villagers clashed with chiefs over treecutting, with Batangouna condemning the defiance.
- Despite calls to return to agriculture, village leaders say the loss of trees and some residents' refusal to obey the chief threaten local stability, with Batangouna urging a return to farming.
- Batangouna told villagers 'Sunday, we have to go and vote Sassou!', urging turnout and saying only Sassou can maintain peace.
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Election campaign deepens Congo's generational divide
"Hoodlums," muttered 80-year-old village chief Joseph Batangouna as he walked past a group of young people sitting by the side of road in Mayitoukou, Congo-Brazzaville.
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Total News Sources48
Leaning Left5Leaning Right9Center12Last UpdatedBias Distribution46% Center
Bias Distribution
- 46% of the sources are Center
46% Center
L 19%
C 46%
R 35%
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