Congo (Vol 11, 2014)
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Congo’s political climate was marked by new tensions, as President Denis Sassou Nguesso continued his efforts to engineer a constitutional revision that would enable him to retain power beyond 2016. The local and senatorial elections of September and October, respectively, highlighted the political opposition’s weakness. With most citizens overwhelmingly opposed to the constitutional revisions, Sassou Nguesso sought to deter protests by demonstrating the regime’s capacity for violence. Abroad, he attempted to fashion himself as the region’s elder statesman, mediating in the conflict in the car and amplifying his efforts to curry favour in Paris and Washington. Although these endeavours met with limited success, they acquired greater urgency following the revolution in Burkina Faso, which swept President Blaise Campaoré from power as he contemplated a similar constitutional revision. Amid declining oil production, the government held a series of conferences in Brazzaville to attract foreign investors. But enshrined corruption, a poor regulatory framework, and the spectre of political instability limited their success. Congo’s gdp growth rate continued to fall, and its citizens’ living standards remained among the world’s lowest.
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Congo (Vol 11, 2014)
in Africa Yearbook OnlineSearch for other papers by Brett Logan Carter in
Current site
Google Scholar
(2,963 words)