With one week left before Congo-Brazzaville’s March 12 presidential election, all seven candidates blanketed the country in rallies while campaign proxies clashed in a televised debate.
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Eleven days before Congo-Brazzaville’s March 12-15 presidential vote, Brazzaville residents say they still cannot identify what the seven candidates stand for.
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Congo-Brazzaville booked 1,323 billion FCFA in 2025 oil revenue as diversification dominates the presidential race ahead of the March 15 vote.
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Brazzaville hosts the signing of five Congo-China trade deals under Beijing’s zero-tariff initiative for African states, effective from 1 May 2026.
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Denis Sassou-Nguesso, 82, campaigns for a final five-year term under the 2015 constitution, while critics point to nearly half the population living below the poverty line and imprisoned opposition figures …
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Human rights advocate Joe Washington Ebina describes the March 15, 2026 presidential election as a foregone conclusion, citing a muzzled opposition, jailed political figures, and decades of power concentration.
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Congo-Brazzaville’s presidential campaign opens nationwide ahead of the March 12 and 15 vote, with Sassou N’Guesso touring Pointe-Noire as rivals fan out.
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The CSLC conducted a certified ballot draw on February 26, 2026, setting the media broadcast order for seven presidential candidates ahead of Congo’s March 12-15 election, with Sassou-N’Guesso assigned the …
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Congo’s OCDH documents some fifty enforced disappearances and urges presidential candidates to put human rights at the heart of their platforms.
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Congo-Brazzaville begins a four-year, $595M rehabilitation of the Congo-Ocean Railway with China’s Hunan group to revive its role as a transit hub.