The Republic of Congo is voting to elect a leader Sunday that is likely to see incumbent President Denis Sassou N’Guesso take ...

BRAZZAVILLE, March 15 (Reuters) - Congo Republic votes on Sunday in a presidential election widely expected to extend 82-year ...

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 ...

Three million people are registered to vote in the election, which has been marked by a lethargic mood among young people who expect incumbent leader Sassou N’Guesso to win again, and a call for a ...

Voters were scarce as polling stations opened in Congo-Brazzaville on Sunday in a vote expected to extend 82-year-old President Denis Sassou Nguesso's more than four decades in power in the oil-rich ...

Denis Sassou Nguesso, the 82-year-old president of Republic of Congo, is seeking another five-year term in an election on ...

Analysts say Congo Brazzaville’s election are a mere formality as President Sassou Nguesso is set to extend his rule.

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

Three million people are registered to vote in Sunday's elections, but voter turnout is expected to be low.