[IPS] CIVICUS discusses the presidential election in the Republic of the Congo with Ivan Kibangou Ngoy, executive director of Global Participe, a civil society action-research organisation focused on democratic governance based in Pointe-Noire.

[African Union] The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, takes note of the results of the presidential election in the Republic of the Congo, as announced by the Constitutional Court, and extends his congratulations...

[African Arguments] On 15 March, the Republic of Congo staged its fifth presidential election since Denis Sassou Nguesso reclaimed power after the 1997 civil war. Few citizens bothered to participate. He was declared victor on 17 March with 94.82% of...

[RFI] Civil society groups in Congo-Brazzaville are challenging the integrity of last weekend's presidential election, which handed veteran leader Denis Sassou Nguesso a fifth term in office. Bertrand Menier Kounianga, spokesperson for the civil soci...

[RFI] The Republic of Congo's President Denis Sassou N'Guesso has been re-elected with nearly 95 percent of the vote, according to provincial results, extending his nearly 42-year rule over the Central African oil-rich country.

[Ghanaian Times] FIFA's Disciplinary Committee rejected Nigeria's protest over the eligibility of several players used by Congo DR in last November's African World Cup playoff, the Nigeria Football Federation announced Monday.

[Shabelle] Brazzaville, March 16 -- Internet access across the Republic of the Congo was abruptly disrupted on Sunday as voters headed to polling stations to take part in the country's presidential election, a global internet monitoring group said.

[RFI] Votes are being counted in the Republic of Congo after a day of voting Sunday in a presidential election that is expected to extend President Denis Sassou Nguesso's rule for a fifth term.

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[RFI] Congo-Brazzaville holds elections 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 central African country. Observers say voter turnout could reach a record low.Six...

[RFI] Congo-Brazzaville holds elections 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 central African country. Observers say voter turnout could reach a record low.

[The Conversation Africa] 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...

[Nile Post] The president of the Congolese Football Federation, Jean-Guy Blaise Mayolas, has been sentenced to life imprisonment after being found guilty in a major corruption case that has shaken football administration in the Central African countr...

[Ghanaian Times] 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.

[ISS] The growing pool of disaffected youth could test the ruling party's grip on power, especially as succession questions loom.