The Congo Brazzaville Government, on Sunday, debunked claims that the military sacked the current civilian government led by President Denis Sassou Nguesso.
This is coming after several unconfirmed reports claimed that the military was trying to oust the government and seize power.
The country’s Minister of Information, Thierry Moungalla, who allayed the fears of citizens, described the claims as “fake news”.
“We reassure public opinion about the calm that reigns and invite people to calmly go about their activities,” the minister wrote on his X page on Sunday.
— Thierry Moungalla (@ThMoungalla) September 17, 2023
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“URGENT – Fanciful information suggests serious events that are underway at #Brazzaville,” he wrote on the social media platform with the statement also posted on the government’s website.
“The Government denies this fake news. We reassure public opinion about the calm that reigns and invite people to calmly go about their activities.”
Nguesso, 78, has spent 38 years at the helm of the country in central Africa. He was president from 1979 to 1992, then returned in 1997 after a civil war, and has remained in power ever since.
There has been a wave of coups across Africa with the most recent one in Gabon where the military seized power in the Central African nation.
AFP
