Congo Brazzaville

Congo-Brazzaville lives in step with the first edition of the book and theater trolley; an authors' initiative that aims in particular to bring books closer to the public in a country with abundant literature. Leaving Brazzaville, this caravan must stay in five sections in southern Congo. The initiator, playwright Mireille Emma Opa Elion, at the head of a writers' collective, sets the goals for the event. “The reason for the book and theater carriage is quite simple; it is our desire to make books and theater beloved…

The private company responsible for collecting household waste through the working class districts of Brazzaville sometimes spends weeks without working in certain areas where the waste piles up in front of sensitive points such as markets. Populations fear that other diseases will appear during this period of struggle against Covid-19. At the small makeshift market at the "Low Price" bus station in the Nkombo district, 24-year-old merchant Vanessa offers a variety of fish. But she often encounters an army of flies from…

Convicted of a crime against humanity and of disturbing world order, Covid-19 was sentenced to disappear permanently from Earth without the possibility of rebirth in a mock trial organized on Saturday, April 24 by students at a private high school in Brazzaville who tried him before an "International Criminal Court of Pandemics ”. This courtyard was installed in a large room in the Lycée Camara Laye. The audience, which consisted mainly of parents of students, took place more than an hour before the trial against humanity…

Published on April 21, 2021 in the journal Nature, an international study coordinated by researchers from IRD and CIRAD, identifies for the first time the forest areas most exposed to the increasing climate and human pressures expected in the coming decades. Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of…

"Insecurity and terrorism in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The last assault in the air! It is on the front page of La République. Dagbladet reminds that "Many guesses have raised the issue of uncertainty in the eastern part of the country in recent days". According to fellow Republicans, Félix Tshisekedi is assured of solid support from Washington, which has resumed military cooperation with Kinshasa and now considers the ADF to be terrorists. "For those familiar with the US modus operandi, the newspaper…

A former Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo was arrested on Tuesday, April 20, in Brazzaville. An arrest at the request of the authorities in his country who suspect him of embezzlement of public funds. as reported from Brazzaville, Loïca MartialWilly Bakonga, the outgoing Minister of Education of the…

Oppression intensifies in the Republic of Congo (Congo-Brazzaville). In any case, this is according to a report published on Monday, April 19 by Amnesty International. Since 2014 and the fall in oil prices, the country has experienced serious economic problems. And the coronavirus crisis has not helped. Faced with this…

A single bag of cement has not left the Diamond Cement plant since December 2019. This Togolese and Indian capital company went bankrupt for various reasons. Until its closure, it was considered the flagship of Pools' economy, a nearby region of Brazzaville that was shaken more than once by armed conflict. Business agents and cement traders suffer from this situation.…

A new stage threatens the already rich history of Congolese rumba: within a few months, Unesco will examine the file jointly submitted by the authorities in two Congos so that this popular African music becomes part of humanity's intangible heritage and joins reggae among others. or tango. This candidacy, which was drafted during the very serious international colloquium on rumba in March 2020, has not only a symbolic dimension; it also reflects the awareness of a cultural richness to be valued, defended and…

Although declared a "priority of priorities" in the early 1980s, agriculture did not allow Congo to be self-sufficient and restrict food imports. The authorities now want to intensify this agriculture in order to diversify the economy of the country, which is struggling to minimize its dependence on oil revenues. From our…