General Denis Sassou Nguesso And The Congo-Brazzaville Conflict
Five years after losing presidential elections, General Denis Sassou Nguesso is back in power in Congo-Brazzaville. In a rapid offensive, his Cobra militia captured the capital Brazzaville and the second city Pointe-Noire last week and have since tightened their grip on the rest of the country. His rival, the democratically-elected President Pascal Lissouba, fled the country. After a brief stopover in Togo, he arrived in Burkina Faso where he was offered refuge on "humanitarian grounds".
The price of Sassou Nguesso's victory is enormous. Four months of civil war have left the country's infrastructure, already damaged from fighting after the 1992 election, in ruins. Brazzaville, pounded ...
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UNICEF, WFP, WHO and leading NGOs, also reported the cargo and passenger units of the Maya-Maya international airport were badly damaged, but said the tower seemed to be functioning. A field hospital in Kintele, set up by MSF-H two weeks ago, was reported to be in an appalling condition with no supplies or medicines left. Some 2,000 Rwandan refugees, including 200 children under the age of five, were found to be in a "satisfactory condition" with sufficient supplies for another week. Another 7,000 Rwandan refugees are at Lukolela in northwestern Congo.
WFP estimates that before the Cobras' last advance, there were some 60,000 displaced people in the southern region. The agency said earlier this month that more than 250,000 people had passed through Pointe-Noire to escape the conflict. Many of those who remained in the city were reported to be in desperate condition. Fighting in the north prevented humanitarian agencies from assessing the situation. According to UNHCR, there are ...
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movement Uniao Nacional para a Independencia Total de Angola (UNITA). Direct military intervention to wipe out UNITA bases and those of the separatist Frente de Libertacao do Enclava de Cabinda (FLEC) in Congo's southern region was the decisive step, regional analysts told IRIN.
AFP and other news organisations reported regional experts as saying between 1,000 and 3,000 Angolan troops were flown in to support Sassou Nguesso. Several residents reported Angolan soldiers and armour spearheaded the Cobras' capture of Pointe-Noire on 16 October. Angolan troops were also reported at Brazzaville's airport. Its seizure by Sassou Nguesso's forces and the capture of the presidential palace on 14 ...
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