Congo Brazzaville

The majority party, opposition and representatives of the former rebel leader Pastor Ntoumi have met since Wednesday 25 November in Madingou to prepare for the presidential election in 2021. The vote is scheduled for March. More than a hundred political actors and members of civil society are present at these meetings. What can be expected from these political consultations if the first stated goal is…

Following an eventful referendum in 2015 and a presidential election marked by protest and violence in 2016, Congolese political actors decided to suspend their violins before the 202 presidential election. Consultations are therefore being held until Friday 27 November in Madingou, in the south of the country. as reported from…

The two nearest capitals of the world, separated by the Congo River, Brazzaville and Kinshasa, share the same spectrum of transmission and telecommunications frequencies. This sometimes gives rise to misunderstandings. For a coordinated management of these frequencies, the regulatory authorities in the two cities have just concluded an agreement.…

Eight out of ten girls and seven out of ten boys aged 12 to 18 said they had been subjected to verbal, psychological, physical, financial violence or harassment at their school, according to a study just conducted by the UN Fund. for children (Unicef) of 6,000 students working in at least ten full-fledged municipalities. as…

At the initiative of the Congolese Ministry of Forestry, Brazzaville will host the fourth edition of the plant fair until the end of November. This fair is still called the meeting place for green hands and is an exhibition for gardeners who sell fruit trees, medicinal plants and forest species, to the delight of the planters. The results from previous editions are very flattering.…

After boycotting the controversial 2016 presidential election, won by his former mentor Denis Sassou Nguesso, Mathias Dzon (73), finance minister between 1997 and 2002, will be a candidate in the March 2021 election, "for the good of the nation He therefore responded positively, on Saturday 21 November, to a request from the Alliance for the Republic and Democracy (ARD), an opposition platform, this time…

At least 39,000 Congolese pensioners are complaining about the misuse of their pensions by executives who have actually pushed for withholding tax on assets. They asked him on Thursday, November 19, 2020 to immediately find the solution to their situation with 28 months of unpaid arrears. Many of them can no longer meet the most basic needs.…

The consultations announced by President Tshisekedi will begin on Monday, November 2nd. Short meetings followed by memo deposits if necessary. Duration the Presidency hopes for: about ten days. And the goal is to put an end to the blocking of institutions, according to Felix Tshisekedi, disagreements with his partner, Joseph Kabila, and his coalition, the FCC. This first day should be largely devoted…

Congo declared mourning on Friday, setting its flag on half mast and banning all unauthorized demonstrations in honor of Jacques Joachim Yhombi Opango (81), its short-lived president between 1977 and 1979, who was overthrown by Denis Sassou-Nguesso. Died in late March of coronavirus in France, his bodyguards were repatriated Thursday to Brazzaville.…

45 political parties are now officially recognized in Congo-Brazzaville according to the list just released by the Home Office, which has excluded United for the Congo (UPC) party, led by opponent Paulin Makaya. A few months before the presidential election, the latter disputes this decision and shouts arbitrariness. The government is defending itself.…