Brazzaville Congo protests seek to prevent long-sitting President’s attempt to steal third term | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

Congolese demonstrators have clashed with police firing tear gas and warning shots as they protested against the president’s bid to extend his 30-year stay in office. Witnesses said on Wednesday that police had been stationed across the capital of Brazzaville to disperse demonstrators, who burned tyres and erected barricades. After a day in which four people…

The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU), Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, is following with deep concern the prevailing situation in the Republic of Congo. In this respect, she deplores the tension generated by the differences among the Congolese political stakeholders on the constitutional referendum scheduled to take place on 25 October 2015, as…