Congo president Sassou Nguesso wins re-election
Congo president Sassou Nguesso wins re-election
Reuters Africa, 24 Mar 2016
URL: http://af.reuters.com/article/drcNews/idAFL5N16V4SR
KINSHASA, March 24 (Reuters) - Congo Republic President Denis Sassou Nguesso has won re-election with 60.39 percent of the vote, extending his 32-year rule of the oil-producing country, the interior minister said on Thursday.
Opposition leader Guy-Brice Parfait Kolelas, who is popular in the capital Brazzaville's south, won 15 percent and retired general Jean-Marie Mokoko won 14 percent, Raymond Zephyrin Mboulou said on state television. (Reporting By Aaron Ross; Editing by Matthew Mpoke Bigg and Kevin Liffey)
Opposition leader Guy-Brice Parfait Kolelas, who is popular in the capital Brazzaville's south, won 15 percent and retired general Jean-Marie Mokoko won 14 percent, Raymond Zephyrin Mboulou said on state television. (Reporting By Aaron Ross; Editing by Matthew Mpoke Bigg and Kevin Liffey)