Pointe-Noire, Congo, Feb 28, 2026 (AFP) - Congo-Brazzaville presidential campaign kicks off

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2026-02-28

The campaign for next month's presidential election in Congo-Brazzaville began on Saturday, with 82-year-old President Denis Sassou Nguesso seemingly assured of extending his decades in power. Thousands of supporters turned out to await Sassou Nguesso at a rally held by the president's Congolese Labour Party (PCT) in the country's economic and oil capital Pointe-Noire, on the Atlantic coast. Campaigning will end on March 13, with the first round......

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