Kinshasa, Feb 5, 2026 (AFP) - Congo-Brazzaville's veteran president declares re-election run

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2026-02-05

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 Nguesso's cumulative 42 years in power -- minus a five-year break -- make him one of Africa's longest-ruling leaders, after Paul Biya of Cameroon, in office since 1982, and Equatorial Guinea's Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, who took power in a 1979 coup. Con......

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