Episcopal splendour on the Sangha River The river town of Ouesso, framed by equatorial forest and the Sangha’s shifting waters, rarely finds itself at the epicentre of regional protocol. Yet …
Michael Mabiala
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A milestone for Northern Congo’s spiritual hub Rarely has the forecourt of Saint-Peter-Claver Cathedral in Ouesso borne witness to such an effervescent convergence of ecclesial, civic and diplomatic actors. On …
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A ceremonial milestone of ecclesial sovereignty The liturgy of ordination held in the forested northern town of Ouesso was rich in incense, ancestral languages and the measured cadences of Latin. …
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FESPAM’s Soft-Power Crescendo Every two years Brazzaville becomes an acoustical crossroads where the African continent negotiates its identity before an attentive diplomatic corps. The Pan-African Music Festival, inaugurated in 1996 …
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Brazzaville Sets the Tempo for 2025 Long before dawn on 21 July 2025, Brazzaville’s refurbished Palais des congrès shimmered under a canopy of spotlights, greeting delegations from twenty-six African states …
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Brazzaville’s Congress Palace Resounds Again The twelfth edition of the Panafrican Music Festival opened in July 2025 beneath the soaring ceilings of Brazzaville’s Palais des Congrès, a venue that has …
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Diplomatic Continuity Amid Fiscal Prudence On 22 July, in a discreet yet symbolically resonant ceremony at Brazil’s Ministry of Finance, Ambassador Louis Sylvain-Goma and senior Brazilian treasury counsel Sônia de …
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Judicial Resolve in Likouala The quiet river town of Impfondo seldom finds itself on the international newswire, yet on 26 June it became the stage for a landmark decision in …
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Ceremony in the Heart of Brazzaville At precisely eleven o’clock on 25 July 2025 the chandeliers of the Palais des Congrès shimmered over an audience of diplomats, lawmakers and students …
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Judicial Resolve in Likouala’s Forest Frontier The town of Impfondo, hemmed in by the lush floodplains of the Likouala, rarely draws the international gaze. Yet the recent conviction of three …