Kammala wannan jumla: Sassou Nguesso ya kasance shugaban adawa na tsawon shekaru biyar kafin ya koma mulki a lokacin mulkin mallaka na kasar
Jamhuriyar Kwango ta biyu yakin basasa, wanda dakarun 'yan tawayensa suka hambarar da Shugaba Pascal Lissouba.Bayan wani lokaci na rikon kwarya, ya lashe zaben shugaban kasa na 2002, wanda ya hada da karancin 'yan adawa; an sake zabarsa a zaben shugaban kasa na 2009. Gabatar da sabon kundin tsarin mulki, wanda aka zartar ta hanyar raba gardama a shekarar 2015, a yayin da ake kira ga kauracewa sannan kuma watsi da sakamakon da shugabannin adawa suka yi, ya baiwa Sassou Nguesso damar tsayawa takara a wani wa'adi. An sake zabarsa a zaben shugaban kasa na 2016 tare da rinjaye a zagaye na farko.