The Congolese administration in Brazzaville has denied reports of a coup attempt against President Denis Nguesso.
On Sunday, the country’s communication minister, Thierry Moungalla, spoke via a tweet on the X platform.
“URGENT – Fanciful information suggests serious events that are underway in Brazzaville.
“The Government denies
this fake news. We reassure public opinion about the calm that reigns and invite people to calmly go about their activities,” the minister tweeted.
According to Platinum Times, rumours on social media claimed that a coup attempt was underway in the country when President Denis Sassou Nguesso was gone.
Nguesso is rumored to be in New York for the United Nations General Assembly.
The president of the country is a former military officer who has been in power since 1997.
The Republic of the Congo is located in west-central Africa, astride the Equator.
The country is officially named as the Republic of the Congo, but it is commonly referred to as Congo (Brazzaville), with its capital added parenthetically, to distinguish it from the neighboring Democratic Republic of the Congo, which is often referred to by its abbreviation, the DRC, or called Congo.
(Kinshasa).