Brazzaville nights embrace the Mbongui spirit A light drizzle could not dampen the mood on 4 December as music drifted across Bacongo’s waterfront. Inside the compact “Baba Boum” venue, the …
Brazzaville culture
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Mid-August Sanitation Snapshot When Minister of Urban Sanitation, Local Development and Road Maintenance Juste Désiré Mondélé stepped onto Brazzaville’s freshly swept pavements on 13 August, he offered a calm verdict: …
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Tourism carnival sparks global curiosity On 27 September, Brazzaville’s wide boulevards will thrum with drums, brass and choreographed smiles as Wild Safari Tours and the Office for the Promotion of …
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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, …
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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 …
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A Dusty Pitch, a Shining Stage Shortly after sunset on 7 August, the compact bleachers circling the Ouenzé district’s municipal ground shook with a mixture of drumbeats and vuvuzelas. What …
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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. …
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Ceremonial Launch amid Academic Optimism The cavernous Taty Loubard amphitheatre vibrated on 4 August with equal parts relief and anticipation as Minister of Higher Education Delphine Edith Emmanuel declared open …
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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 …