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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 …
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, …
Soft Power Days spotlight returns In mid-September, Pointe-Noire’s seafront convention hall will pulse to the syncopated swing of Congolese rumba as the fifth Soft Power Days close with Rumba Bolingo, …
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 …
Nationwide wildlife enforcement surge A mid-year briefing by the Wildlife Law Enforcement Support Project, known locally as PALF, reveals an assertive crack-down on traffickers across Congo-Brazzaville. Between January and July …
Early Warning Signs on the River Island At dawn on 26 July 2025, nurses in Mbamou’s modest clinic logged three young patients suffering acute watery diarrhoea. The cases looked ordinary …
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. …
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 …
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, …
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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