Museveni gets special message from Congo leader

DIPLOMACY

MBARARA - President Yoweri Museveni has received a special message from his Congo Brazzaville counterpart, Dennis Sassou Nguesso.

The message was delivered to Museveni on Sunday by Congo Brazzaville's ambassador to Uganda Guy Itoua Nestor.

This was at Igongo Cultural Centre and Country Hotel in Biharwe sub-county, Mbarara district.

Museveni and the envoy discussed bilateral relations between Uganda and Congo Brazzaville.


Some info about Congo Brazzaville:

- It is located in Central Africa and is also known as the Republic of the Congo or simply the Congo.

- Congo, predominantly a Bantu-speaking region, is bordered by five nations - Gabon, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, the Angolan exclave of Cabinda.

- With a population of about five million people, it is the fourth-largest oil producer in the Gulf of Guinea.

- The official language is French. Kituba, Kikongo and Lingala are recognised as the regional languages.

- Denis Sassou Nguesso has been the president of the nation since 1997.