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Sassou Nguesso looks beyond the International Monetary Fund to 2021

Published on 27.02.2019 at 04:30 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

Denis Sassou Nguesso hopes to reach an accord with the IMF that can keep his chance for reelection. © Reuters

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