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Sassou tweaks his cabinet

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Congolese President Denis Sassou-Nguesso in Brazzaville on 16 April 2026.
Congolese President Denis Sassou-Nguesso in Brazzaville on 16 April 2026. © Roch Bouka/Reuters

The president has kept Anatole Collinet Makosso on as his prime minister – at least until next year's parliamentary elections – in a new government line-up that retains the usual equilibrium and which deliberately gives no significant advantage to key players in the head of state's inner circle.

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