Furious Congolese protest President’s plan to stay in power after term ends with new constitution | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

Thousands of people have staged a mass demonstration in Congo’s capital Brazzaville to protest against plans by veteran ruler Denis Sassou Nguesso to try to extend his rule. Sunday’s rally was the biggest since Sassou Nguesso returned to power in 1997, an AFP journalist said, with protesters stretching for almost a kilometre along a main boulevard…