Denis Sassou-nguesso News

By Fiona Forde Madiba's daughters have decided to take on Tokyo Sexwale and Denis Sassou-Nguesso over the Congolese president's semi-autobiographical book and Nelson Mandela's disputed foreword to it.

The Nelson Mandela Foundation has been forced into an embarrassing climbdown over its allegations of a bogus endorsement after it emerged that the words in the foreward to a book by the president of Congo-Brazzaville were, in fact, penned by the anti-apartheid leader.

A former leader of Congo's Ninja militias has died in Paris, aged 76. Bernard Kolelas was an MP in Congo at the time of his death and was a popular politician in the capital, Brazzaville.

There are a lot of theoretical arguments these days about how much power non-state actors can legitimately wield in a globalized world.

French Appeal Court in Paris yesterday rejected the demand of the Transparency International organization for leave to open a probe in France into the estates of three African heads of state.

Nelson Mandela was still in jail when the first street was named after him. By the time he retired as President of South Africa, hundreds of streets, squares and schools bore his name, as did many more pop songs, books and movies.

Nelson Mandela welcomes Charlize Theron as a heroine in Johannesburg after her Best Actress Oscar win in 2004 enlarge Neither presidents nor film stars are safe from moves to protect the image of Nelson Mandela.

The publishers of the autobiography of Congo-Brazzaville President Denis Sassou-Nguesso have apologised for using former president Nelson Mandela's name to endorse his book, the Nelson Mandela Foundation said.

By Fiona Forde Tokyo Sexwale has emerged as the middle man who authorised the use of Nelson Mandela's words in the biography of the Congolese president.

By Karyn Maughan and Sibusiso Ngalwa Congo-Brazzaville President Denis Sassou-Nguesso is insisting on the retraction of a Nelson Mandela Foundation statement condemning his alleged "brazen abuse" of Mandela's name.

Nelson Mandela's foundation is denying that he wrote a foreword to an African leader's book.

The top United Nations humanitarian official is leaving for Uganda today on a five-day visit during which he will attend an African Union summit on refugees and internally displaced persons and tour areas of the country where nearly 2 million people have been driven from their homes by decades of fighting with rebels.

Gunmen have stepped up banditry and rapes in Congo Republic's Pool region, witnesses and officials said on Thursday, in a wave of insecurity that has broken a period of relative calm after a decade of instability.

VATICAN CITY, OCT. 11, 2009 .- Here is a Vatican translation of the address given Friday afternoon by the specially invited guest Rodolphe Adada, the former joint special representative of the secretary-general of the United Nations and former president of the Commission of the African Union in Darfur, Sudan.

A campaign poster for President Denis Sassou-Nguesso: Authorities in the country have restricted the movements of several opposition politicians who claim President Sassou-Nguesso's July re-election was won through fraud - file photo BRAZZAVILLE , 9 October 2009 - Authorities in the Republic of Congo have restricted the movements of several ...

Congo's president has stopped ministers and senior civil servants from going on foreign trips, to save money.

By Claudia Parsons The Republic of Congo expects to finalise a multimillion hectare land deal with South African farmers by the end of this year, Congo President Denis Sassou-Nguesso said on Tuesday.

Africa's negotiator in U.N. climate change talks said on Tuesday he was encouraged by the message coming from industrialized countries at a summit in New York aimed at breaking the deadlock before December.

Mugabe claims progress on unity deal, seeks foreign investment -170909 A DAY after vowing to work with one-time rival but now Prime Minister, Morgan Tsvangarai, in unity after brushing off criticism, Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe yesterday said the coalition government had made "satisfactory progress" in creating a conducive environment for ...

Citizens of the Republic of Congo have expressed disappointment after President Denis Sassou-Nguesso named his new government following his re-election. A long line forms at a polling station in Makelekele, a suburb of Brazzaville, 24 June 2007 The president abolished the prime minister's position and named 10 new ministers to join his government.