Bangui’s African Caucus Sets a Financial Tone The quiet avenues surrounding the Hôtel Ledger Plaza briefly echoed the cadence of high finance as Bangui hosted the African Caucus 2025, a …
Michael Mabiala
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Cultural Constellations in Pointe-Noire On 19 July the evocatively named Cercle Africain museum in Pointe-Noire hosted a seminar that was modest in scale but rich in symbolic freight. Organised by …
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A Ceremony that Echoed Far Beyond the Rectorate In late July, the marble-lined conference hall of Marien-Ngouabi University briefly resembled a diplomatic salon. Four students—Christ Nourra Ntsoumou-Ntounou, Bénie Riche Aimervia …
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Socio-Cultural Fabric of the Congo Republic In a nation where the languid sweep of the Congo River has long dictated trade routes and social encounters, hierarchy remains the bedrock of …
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Brazzaville Spotlight on Congolese Stand-Up For a few luminous hours on 2 August the Grand Auditorium of the French Institute in Brazzaville will trade its usual concert scores for an …
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A polyphonic canvas that transcends borders On 1 August, the release of The World Album International Artists Project will inaugurate an unprecedented experiment in transcontinental sound. Conceived by American producer …
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Brazzaville’s Quiet Bet on Combat Sports Prestige For years, the Republic of Congo’s sporting reputation has rested on the legacies of football triumphs and the occasional athletics breakout. Yet the …
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Brazzaville sets the continental tempo The banks of the Congo River reverberated on 26 July as the Pan-African Music Festival, FESPAM, closed its twelfth edition with a two-hour pageant that …
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Brazzaville Symposium Sets a Digital Agenda When the twelfth edition of the Pan-African Music Festival closed in Brazzaville in late July, its final communiqué was unusually pragmatic. Delegates—from ministers of …
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A Courtroom Far from the Capital, Yet in the Spotlight When the gavel fell in the modest wood-panelled hall of the Tribunal de grande instance of Impfondo on 26 June …