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China Daily | Updated: 2015-10-07 08:29
CONGO
Nation to vote on further term
The government of the Republic of Congo has announced it will hold a referendum on Oct 25 on a change to the constitution that would allow veteran President Denis Sassou Nguesso to stand for a third term in next year's national elections. The 71-year-old former military commander has ruled Congo, an oil producer, for all but five years since 1979. He won his previous terms in elections in 2002 and 2009.
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