BRAZZAVILLE (Reuters) - A former army chief in Congo Republic on Saturday declared his intention to run against veteran President Denis Sassou Nguesso just a month ahead of presidential polls, in a challenge to one of Africa's longest ruling leaders.
General Jean-Marie Michel Mokoko, 69, a power broker in the former French colony's 1990s civil war, announced his candidacy in the capital Brazzaville at a packed conference centre.
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