Michael Mabiala

Alarming surge in unsafe abortions Brazzaville—Fresh data presented by the Congolese Association for Rights and Health, ACDS, has jolted the public health community. More than a quarter of adolescent girls …

Brazzaville live scene ignites with September triad Three Saturdays in a row, Brazzaville’s nights belonged to music. The Radisson Blu first welcomed rumba legend Reddy Amisi on 13 September 2025; …

Brazzaville literary launch draws readers A packed auditorium at the Institut français du Congo in Brazzaville leaned forward as poet and short-story writer Octave Mouandza signed copies of Longue Life …

Youth forum spotlights hidden crisis When fifty teenage girls filed into the United Nations Population Fund office in Brazzaville this week, the mood was both animated and grave. The Association …

Brazzaville lights up for JB Mpiana Brazzaville is preparing for one of its largest musical gatherings of the season as Congolese rumba icon JB Mpiana brings his orchestral troupe Wenge …

Eighteenth TuSeo Festival returns to Brazzaville Three nights of stand-up, sketches and improvisation will fill the Savorgnan-de-Brazza hall from 23 October, as the TuSeo Festival marks its eighteenth edition. Created …

Open Call Energises Congo Film Scene With a brisk message on social media this week, Brazzaville-based Forge Production unfurled the banner for the second “Portes ouvertes du cinéma”, an open-door …

Patient Safety Day underscores WHO-Congo alliance From Brazzaville to Ouesso, nurses in pastel gowns paused on 17 September to mark World Patient Safety Day, a reminder that a safe delivery …

Overnight raids reassure residents Sirens cut through the still air of Talangaï at 3 a.m. as armoured vehicles from the Presidential Security Directorate rolled in. By dawn, residents said gun-toting …