Congo Brazzaville

Nganguia-Engambé gains unanimous PAR nod In Brazzaville on 25 November, delegates of the Party for the Action of the Republic, known locally as PAR, closed ranks behind their founder, Anguios …

Prestigious Dakar Ceremony Highlights Career The marble foyer of Dakar’s King Fahd Palace filled with academics, diplomats and business leaders as the African Institute for Applied Multidisciplinary Research conferred an …

Brazzaville Pledges Bold Industrial Reforms Standing before business leaders in Brazzaville, Minister of Industrial Development Antoine Nicéphore Thomas Fylla Saint-Eudes reiterated that Congo will “deploy ambitious and inclusive industrial policies” …

Lingering salary backlog alarms workforce At Société des postes et de l’épargne du Congo, the mood in sorting rooms and rural branch counters has grown anxious as the wage backlog …

Installation Mass amid Covid-19 restrictions On 21 November 2021, the solemnity of Christ the King, Archbishop Bienvenu Manamika Bafouakouahou formally took his metropolitan seat in Brazzaville. Covid-19 rules capped attendance …

Campus tension returns to Marien Ngouabi The normally busy courtyards of Marien Ngouabi University, Congo-Brazzaville’s sole public university, fell quiet again after unions announced a new unlimited strike set to …

Broad mobilisation across Niari Niari’s political and administrative cadres are stepping up preparations to welcome President Denis Sassou Nguesso in the southern department. The mobilisation follows an internal call to …

Africa’s G20 Moment and the Johannesburg Gathering South Africa’s turn to chair the G20 in 2025 has opened an unusual diplomatic channel for the continent’s energy ambitions. Ahead of that …

Africa Gains Permanent Place at G20 A month after the African Union formally took its seat as a permanent member of the Group of Twenty in New Delhi, policy circles …