Congo Brazzaville

The International Outpatient Clinic in Brazzaville (Polibra) launches this Sunday, March 20, the second week of its free screening campaign for cervical and breast cancer. The operation mobilizes people, as this cancer is presented as a scourge and a real…

The Congolese government announced on Friday that it had rescued at least 223 civilians living in Ukraine since the country was hit by the Russian invasion. But there is no news of twenty others blocked on Ukrainian territory due to the bombings.…

At least 241 employees of the Post and Savings Company of Congo (Sopeco) have been in an unlimited "sit-in" business in front of the management of their company, in the capital, for more than a month. They demand payment of two and a half years' backlog of…

The Union of Humanist Democrats (UDH-Yuki) was undermined by internal disagreement, shortly after its leader Guy-Brice Parfait Koléla's death, which occurred in March 2021. One current wanted a congress immediately to appoint a successor, while another opposed…

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The Congolese opponent officially died the day after the March 21, 2021 presidential election, of which he was a candidate. But a disagreement within his family, especially when he died, would be the basis for the blocking of funeral procedures. In recent days, a date has been raised on social networks for the funeral of Guy-Brice Perfect Kolélas September 10, but this provoked the reaction of part of the family to the Congolese politician based in Paris who, according to a statement, opposed this date. It highlights…

In Congo-Brazzaville, one of the capital's beautiful roads has reopened, a year and a half after it was closed. This is the ledge bordering the Congo River, a part that had collapsed after heavy rains. It had been closed to traffic and has just reopened, to the delight of users. as reported from Brazzaville, Loïcia…

By introducing the Congolese rumba to the intangible heritage of mankind, this is the desire, the will of two neighboring states: Congo-Brazzaville and the Democratic Republic of Congo. André Lye Yoka, Professor at the National Institute of the Arts in Kinshasa, is one of the two co-chairs of the Joint Committee that presented this candidacy to Unesco. The decision will be made at the end of the year. Professor Yoka is a guest of Guillaume Thibault. .

The Minister of the Interior under Pascal Lissouba (1992-1997), Philippe Bikinkita, died the night before Friday to Saturday 21 August in England, almost 25 years after the civil war that enabled President Denis Sassou-Nguesso to regain power. The opposition, which had not expressed itself since the presidential election in March last year as the loser, called on the head of state to release all…

Brazzaville is recognized as the cradle of rumba. But this city with more than 1.5 million souls also vibrated in the 80s and 90s to the rhythm of the souk of the legendary Cassava group whose main host, Jacob Desvarieux, bowed on Friday 30 July. Nightclubs, even though they were officially closed due to Covid-19, pay tribute to him.…