Congo’s polls open as the most important opposition chief sick
The Republic of Congo pushed ahead on Sunday with an election in which President Denis Sassou N'Guesso is generally expected to extend his 36 years in power, while the leading opposition candidate remained in hospital with COVID-19.
The watchdog group NetBlocks reported an internet blackout that began in the Central African country around midnight on election day.
After voting, Sassou N'Guesso said the government was aware of the illness of opposition candidate Guy Brice Parfait Kolela and had taken…