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Congo's 'Nintendo election' was rigged from the start, observer says

Civil society and observers report widespread fraud and administrative control in Congo-Brazzaville's election that gave Denis Sassou Nguesso 94.82% of votes, with turnout disputed.

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 society platform CAPGED, tells RFI the vote was “rigged from start to finish”.

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Following the election of the President of the Republic, on 12 and 15 March 2026, the provisional results of which were given by the Minister of the Interior, Raymond Zéphirin Mboulou, giving the winner to the outgoing president, candidate of the presidential majority, Denis Sassou-N的Guesso, the President of the Constitutional Court, Auguste Iloki held, on Friday, 20 March, an interview, better, an exchange in order to evaluate the mission of th…

Luanda, 21 Mar (Latin Press) The president of Angola, João Lourenço, congratulated his counterpart of the Republic of the Congo, Denis Sassou-N’Guesso, for his victory in the elections of 15 March, which assure him of a fifth term of office. The post president of Angola congratulated the Congo counterpart for his first re-election appeared on News Prensa Latina.

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Radio France Internationale broke the news in Paris, France on Saturday, March 21, 2026.
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