UNESCO vote delivers a decisive result The Executive Board of UNESCO handed a near-unanimous verdict on Monday night, granting 55 out of 57 ballots to Egyptian scholar Khaled El-Enany, according …
Samuel Tumba
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Rabat-Brussels Deal Expands to Southern Provinces Rabat and Brussels have closed months of technical talks to update their 2012 agricultural agreement, the Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita confirmed in the …
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A calculated bid for UNESCO’s helm When Firmin Édouard Matoko resigned from his post as UNESCO Assistant Director-General on 14 March 2025, a thirty-five-year career morphed into a political gamble. …
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Verdict shakes French political landscape The Paris criminal court delivered a rare reprimand for a former French head of state, sentencing Nicolas Sarkozy to five years in prison over the …
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Latin honour lifts Congolese candidacy A shimmering glass trophy passed hands in Luque, Paraguay, this week, as Congolese diplomat Firmin Édouard Matoko accepted the «Freedom Flame», the top honour of …
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Global Solidarity Plea from Venezuelan Envoy On 10 September, inside the cream-coloured chancery of the Venezuelan Embassy in downtown Brazzaville, Ambassador Laura Evengelia Suarez faced a cluster of local reporters. …
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UN Agencies Urge Immediate Ceasefire United Nations agencies sounded an increasingly urgent alarm this week, warning that a full-scale famine could unfold in Gaza unless hostilities halt and humanitarian corridors …
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A High-Seas Pursuit in the Atlantic Before dawn on 18 August, a Spanish Navy patrol ship intercepted a small Cameroon-flagged tug off the Canary Islands. The boarding team, backed by …
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Shifting Notions of Intellectuals in Central Africa The word intellectual still sparks lively argument along the banks of the Congo River, where salons, campus cafés and ministerial corridors alike discuss …
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White House Greetings Mark Historic Anniversary In late August, the White House dispatched a sealed message to Brazzaville marking the Republic of Congo’s 65th independence anniversary. The letter, signed personally …