Congo Republic president Denis Sassou Nguesso speaks to journalists after voting outside the polling station in Brazzaville on March 21, 2021.
Diplomats and political analysts had expected an easy victory for Sassou, 77, who has a firm grip on state institutions. Sassou is a former paratrooper who took power in 1979. He lost Congo's first multi-party elections in 1992 but returned to office in 1997 after a civil war.
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