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The power games at play behind Denis Sassou-Nguesso's new hydrocarbons adviser

Denis Sassou-Nguesso in Oyo, Congo, 25 July 2022.
Denis Sassou-Nguesso in Oyo, Congo, 25 July 2022. © Handout/Russian Foreign Ministry/AFP
The promotion of Stev Onanga to presidential adviser, at a time of tension with his immediate boss, is a fresh indication of the head of state's capacity to exploit internal strife as a means of exercising his authority. [...]
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