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Congo president outlines 'progress' on independence anniversary

President Denis Sassou Nguesso has already been nominated as the candidate of the ruling Congolese Labour Party (PCT) in the next presidential ballot, due next March

Republic of Congo President Denis Sassou Nguesso on Saturday underlined the "progress" made in his country, a former French colony, in 60 years of independence despite most of its five million inhabitants living below the poverty line.

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