People are voting in a presidential election in the Republic of Congo, despite a government-imposed telecom blackout.
The government ordered all mobile phone networks to cut communications on voting day. The opposition is worried about electoral fraud.
Al Jazeera’s Haru Mutasa reports from Brazzaville.
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The Republic of the Congo, also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply either Congo or the Congo is a country located in the western coast of Central Africa. To the west lies Gabon; Cameroon to its northwest and the Central African Republic to its northeast; the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the southeast and the Angolan exclave of Cabinda to its south; and the Atlantic Ocean to its southwest.
The official language is French. The Republic of the Congo was established on 28 November 1958 and gained independence from France in 1960. Congo’s economy is heavily dependent on the oil sector.
