Voter turnout down in Congo-Brazzaville as president set to extend rule

Congo-Brazzaville voted on Sunday in an election expected to extend 82-year-old President Denis Sassou Nguesso’s more than four decades in power in the oil-rich central African country.

Six candidates stood against Sassou Nguesso but the main opposition was divided and largely absent, leaving him set to win another five-year term.

The former paratrooper colonel is already one of Africa’s longest-serving leaders, along with Equatorial…