A military coup took place in the Republic of Congo. The publication reported this Yoruba Times on social network X (formerly Twitter).
“There is currently a military coup in the Republic of Congo,” the report said.
The country’s President, Denis Sassou Nguesso, is currently in New York. He came to New York to attend the 78th UN General Assembly.
It is stated that the army took control of important facilities in the capital.
As the Ugandan publication wrote: Chimpanzee Reports Quoting social media, we suggest that General Serge Oboah, head of the presidential guard, was behind the coup.
In 2021, it was announced that Sassou Nguesso had been re-elected for a five-year term. He ruled the country from 1979 to 1992 and then again until 1997.
Thierry Lezin Mungala, formerly Minister of Communications and Media, Press Secretary for the Government of the Republic of Congo denied rumors of a coup and said that everything was calm in the country. According to him, “incredible” information has emerged about serious events in Brazzaville, the capital of Congo. He emphasized that everything was calm in the capital.
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