CONGO: LEADER RE-ELECTED
Jul 16th, 2009 by admin
In Congo Brazzaville, preliminary results show President Denis Sassou-Nguesso has won another seven years in office. The electoral commission said the president took 78.6 per cent of the vote while his nearest rival managed 7.5 per cent. Opposition leaders told voters to boycott Sunday’s election, saying the government had inflated the electoral figures. They claim the turnout was low whereas official figures put it at 66.42 per cent. Yesterday, about 2,000 opposition supporters protested on the streets of the capital Brazzaville, but the crowds were broken up by riot police firing tear gas. Mr Sassou-Nguesso has been in power for most of the past 30 years
