A National Honor Rooted in Verse On 15 August, amid celebrations of Congo-Brazzaville’s sixty-fifth independence anniversary, President Denis Sassou Nguesso conferred the rank of Chevalier of the National Order of …
Michael Mabiala
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A city tunes up for a major comeback From 12 to 14 September, Pointe-Noire’s densely populated Mongo-Mpoukou district will again pulse to the Festival International de Musique et des Arts, …
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Cultural heartbeat in Linzolo For one humid evening in early August 2025, the usually quiet village of Linzolo, thirty kilometres south of Brazzaville, pulsed like an urban concert hall. Drums …
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Leaked Audio Sparks Ecclesial Storm Three WhatsApp audio clips, circulated across parishes in early August 2025, suddenly placed the northern Congolese dioceses of Owando and Ouesso under an unflattering spotlight. …
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Cement ambition aligns with national diversification At the Grand Hôtel de Kintélé in northern Brazzaville, senior officials and captains of industry gathered on 18 August for a rare two-day forum …
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Doctoral forum energises Flash campus Brazzaville’s dry season heat did not stop nearly one hundred master’s and doctoral candidates from converging on the Faculty of Letters, Arts and Human Sciences, …
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Local Plans Under the Spotlight The third-floor conference hall of Brazzaville’s Grand Hôtel echoed with animated debates on 11 July 2025, as municipal councillors, civil-society leaders and technical advisers gathered …
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A Date Laden with Symbols On 14 August, the eve of Congo-Brazzaville’s Independence Day, Franco-Congolese scholar Milie Théodora Miéré will release Culture or Cultures of Enterprise through Paris publisher L’Harmattan. …
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Brazzaville WHO accreditation ceremony In a hushed hall of marble at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Minister Jean-Claude Gakosso accepted the credentials of Dr Vincent Dossou Sodjinou, the World …
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Brazzaville Awaits the Delegation Long before the cannons roared, Brazzaville’s heat carried a different tension. On 14 August 1960, French minister André Malraux landed from Bangui, flanked by Jean Foyer, …