Coup d’état in Congo? It seems not, for now
The Congolese government has denied rumors of a coup attempt against President Denis Nguesso.
Thierry Moungalla, the country's information minister, spoke on Sunday via a message posted on Platform X's tweet.
Earlier, some social media and news accounts had claimed that a coup attempt was underway in the country while the president was away attending the 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, US.
Although reports stated that the identities of the coup plotters were unknown, they suggested that the commander of the presidential guard had a role to play in the attempted seizure of power. It would therefore have been yet another military coup, as in Niger and Gabon .
There isn't much other news on the matter.
Moungalla described the reports as fake news.
“Fantastic information suggests that serious events are underway in #Brazzaville. The government denies this false news,” the minister tweeted.
“We reassure public opinion of the calm that reigns and invite people to carry out their activities with serenity”.
Nguesso is a former military officer who has been president since 1997.
He had taken part in the military coup that ousted former president Alphonse Massemaba-Debat in 1968.
The development comes at a time when concerns are growing about the state of democracy in Africa, where the military has staged coups in recent times. Instability is evident and the power of the United States and France, once able to influence governments, is in sharp decline.
We await further news.
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This is a machine translation of a post published on Scenari Economici at the URL https://scenarieconomici.it/colpo-di-stato-in-congo-pare-di-no-per-ora/ on Mon, 18 Sep 2023 05:52:44 +0000.