Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin 1959, a lokacin da aka fara mulkin mallaka, Poto-Poto ya kasance wurin tashin hankali wanda ya haifar da babbar rikice-rikicen siyasa tsakanin arewacin da kudancin Congo kuma ba da daɗewa ba ya mamaye duk Brazzaville. A lokacin yakin basasa na Yuni-Oktoba 1997
, 'Yan bindigar "Cobra" da ke biyayya ga shugaban adawa Denis Sassou Nguesso sun yi wa Poto-Poto fashi sosai kuma sojojin da ke biyayya ga Shugaba Pascal Lissouba sun harbe shi.