Congo's President Denis Sassou Nguesso will stand for re-election in March next year, his party said on Tuesday after ...

Congo is heading towards another tightly watched presidential race after the ruling Congolese Labour Party confirmed it will ...

Former Congolese president Pascal Lissouba (pictured), who in 1992 won his country's first multi-party presidential elections, died in France on Monday at the age of 88, his party told AFP. "President ...

BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo – A court convicted former President Pascal Lissouba on treason and corruption charges Friday, sentencing him ini absentia to 30 years hard labor. Lissouba's trial began ...

THE same cast of characters has once again dragged Congo-Brazzaville into civil war, 18 months after the last one ended. The quarrel is between two men: Denis Sassou-Nguesso, the current president, ...

President Pascal Lissouba and his chief rival agreed Saturday to halt fierce clashes that have paralyzed the capital for a month, their spokesmen said. Relative calm had returned to the city by noon, ...

A court in Brazzaville put the former president of Congo, Pascal Lissouba, on trial in absentia Thursday, accusing him of treason and misappropriation of public funds. Mr. Lissouba and four of his ...

African leaders ended a first session of an emergency summit with no apparent breakthrough in resolving a bloody political conflict in the capital Brazzaville, delegates said. Conference sources said ...

A former dictator claimed to have gained strategic ground Thursday in his war against the Republic of Congo’s president, saying he held the capital’s airport. There was no independent confirmation of ...

Brazzaville - A court in the Republic of Congo on Friday sentenced former President Pascal Lissouba to 30 years hard labour, charging him with high treason and misappropriation of funds. Lissouba's ...

IT USED to be a sleepy little town across the Congo river from its big cousin, Kinshasa. Not now: for the past four months Brazzaville has been embroiled in a bloody civil war that has reduced much of ...