{"id":326172,"date":"2026-04-17T14:55:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T06:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=326172"},"modified":"2026-04-17T14:55:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T06:55:36","slug":"denis-sassou-nguesso-sworn-in-as-congo-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=326172","title":{"rendered":"Denis Sassou Nguesso Sworn In As Congo President"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-04-16T191748Z_1068623800_RC2DQKATSW8V_RTRMADP_3_CONGOREPUBLIC-SASSOU-INAUGURATION.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-326173\" srcset=\"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-04-16T191748Z_1068623800_RC2DQKATSW8V_RTRMADP_3_CONGOREPUBLIC-SASSOU-INAUGURATION.jpg 800w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-04-16T191748Z_1068623800_RC2DQKATSW8V_RTRMADP_3_CONGOREPUBLIC-SASSOU-INAUGURATION-300x150.jpg 300w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-04-16T191748Z_1068623800_RC2DQKATSW8V_RTRMADP_3_CONGOREPUBLIC-SASSOU-INAUGURATION-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Republic of Congo&#8217;s President Denis\u00a0Sassou\u00a0Nguesso attends the inauguration of his fifth term, in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, April 16, 2026. REUTERS\/Roch Bouka<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>BRAZZAVILLE, April 17 (NNN-Bernama-Xinhua) &#8212; President of the Republic of the Congo Denis Sassou Nguesso, re-elected in the March 15 presidential election, was sworn in on Thursday for a new five-year term, reported Xinhua.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ceremony took place at Kintele Stadium in the northern suburbs of Brazzaville, the capital city, in the presence of several African heads of state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his inaugural address, Sassou Nguesso pledged to implement his development programme, titled &#8220;Accelerating the March Toward Development,&#8221; with a focus on economic diversification and modernisation, agricultural mechanisation, infrastructure development, education, youth training, and improvements to the health system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said peace, stability and infrastructure development would be the priorities of his new mandate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The president also called on Congolese citizens to promote Pan-Africanism and strengthen regional integration, while reaffirming his support for initiatives aimed at advancing Africa&#8217;s economic development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212; NNN-BERNAMA-XINHUA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BRAZZAVILLE, April 17 (NNN-Bernama-Xinhua) &#8212; President of the Republic of the Congo Denis Sassou Nguesso, re-elected in the March 15 presidential election, was sworn in on Thursday for a new five-year term, reported Xinhua. The ceremony took place at Kintele Stadium in the northern suburbs of Brazzaville, the capital city, in the presence of several [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":326173,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[213,375],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326172"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=326172"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":326174,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326172\/revisions\/326174"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/326173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=326172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=326172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=326172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}