Voters in the Republic of Congo will head to the polls on Sunday to elect a new leader.
President Denis Sassou Nguesso is running to extend his long years in office, but the opposition says the vote is flawed.
Al Jazeera’s Haru Mutasa reports from the capital, 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.
