Cultural diplomacy in Muscat Standing beneath the austere white façade of Oman’s National Museum, Minister of International Cooperation and Promotion of Public-Private Partnerships Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso began a carefully …
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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, …
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White House Greetings Mark Historic Anniversary In late August, the White House dispatched a sealed message to Brazzaville marking the Republic of Congo’s 65th independence anniversary. The letter, signed personally …
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Warm welcome in Oyo Belgian Deputy Prime Minister Maxime Prévot stepped onto the tarmac of Ollombo International Airport on 17 August, beginning a tightly-scheduled visit that placed the quiet river …
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Brazzaville WHO accreditation ceremony In a hushed hall of marble at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Minister Jean-Claude Gakosso accepted the credentials of Dr Vincent Dossou Sodjinou, the World …
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UNESCO leadership race intensifies On the banks of the Seine this October, UNESCO’s executive board will open a ballot that has already electrified diplomatic circles. Three seasoned contenders—Mexico’s Gabriela Ramos, …
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Strategic Axes from Coast to Cuvette From the narrow Atlantic shoreline at Pointe-Noire to the low-lying Cuvette in the north, the Republic of the Congo presents a sequence of natural …
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Time-honoured protocol at the presidential palace Shortly after midday on 7 August, the marble corridors of the Palais du Peuple resonated with the muted cadence of a diplomatic ritual that …
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Cultural Constellations in Pointe-Noire On 19 July the evocatively named Cercle Africain museum in Pointe-Noire hosted a seminar that was modest in scale but rich in symbolic freight. Organised by …
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A polyphonic canvas that transcends borders On 1 August, the release of The World Album International Artists Project will inaugurate an unprecedented experiment in transcontinental sound. Conceived by American producer …