Congo (Vol 15, 2018)
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Two years into his third presidential term since reclaiming power in 1997, president Denis Sassou Nguesso spent the year struggling to contain popular frustration following the constitutional referendum of October 2015, the presidential election of March 2016, and a persistent financial crisis. He did so, in part, by amplifying repression. In May alone, the authorities prosecuted three of his political opponents, including General Jean-Marie Michel Mokoko, a candidate in the 2016 presidential election, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison. This wave of repression was accompanied by persistent allegations of corruption from human rights groups and journalists abroad. These revelations complicated Sassou Nguesso’s efforts to persuade the imf to reschedule Congo’s debt, which reached at least $ 9.2 bn. This debt crisis drove Sassou Nguesso’s foreign policy, as he made a series of trips to Saudi Arabia and China to press his case for relief.
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Congo (Vol 15, 2018)
in Africa Yearbook OnlineSearch for other papers by Brett L. Carter in
Current site
Google Scholar
(2,964 words)