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Unseen plates, visible concern On the main avenue overlooking the Congo River, residents increasingly notice SUVs and compact taxis gliding past with no visible plates, a detail that once drew …
A constitutional body seeks momentum The quiet office on Brazzaville’s Avenue des Trois Martyrs has not convened in plenary for over a year, yet its mandate—advising on disability policy—remains anchored …
International spotlight on Pointe-Noire terminal The still-gleaming quays of Congo Terminal received unusual guests on 8 August 2025, when twenty internationally followed influencers and film-makers stepped onto the busiest stretch …
Strategic corridor for Pool province The red laterite track linking Piem to Kindamba, 86 kilometers across the undulating hills of Pool, has long been a lifeline for farmers ferrying cassava …
Renewed Vigilance in the Civil Service of Likouala Standing before a modest flagpole outside Impfondo’s prefectural compound, Jean-Pascal Koumba chose a ceremonial flag-raising to deliver a pointed reminder: attendance is …
National optics: a celebratory rationale Every August, the Congolese tricolour invites introspection on the state’s social compact. This year, a pragmatic corollary emerged in Brazzaville, where the NGO “Œil droit, …
Rising Case Numbers Stir Coordinated Response From 30 June to 31 July 2025, Brazzaville’s surveillance system logged 195 suspected cholera infections, six laboratory confirmations and twelve fatalities, according to the …
A brief reading that could reshape labour relations The atmosphere in the lecture hall of the Brazzaville University Hospital was deceptively subdued when union spokesman Joël Bazoma rose to recite …
Street Cleanliness Challenges in Brazzaville From the steep escarpments of Poto-Poto to the freshly asphalted boulevards of Kintélé, the Congolese capital has long wrestled with the everyday physics of garbage. …
UNDP Partnership Bolsters Congo Development Plan When Minister of International Cooperation and Promotion of Public-Private Partnerships Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso received resident UNDP representative Adama Dian-Barry in Brazzaville, the encounter …
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