DRC: Former minister Willy Bakonga released after 7 months in prison in Kinshasa
The former minister of Education of the Democratic Republic of Congo Willy Bakonga, sentenced in March to three years in prison for “money laundering”, was […]
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Pandora Papers expose African leaders’ offshore secrets
After the Panama Papers in 2016, the Paradise Papers in 2017, the Mauritius Leaks in 2019 and the Luanda Leaks in 2020, here are the […]
Opec Secretary General visits Congo-Brazzaville
The Secretary General of the Organization of Petroleum Producing Countries, Mohammed Barkindo of Nigeria, arrived in Congo-Brazzaville on Sunday evening. This is the first visit […]
Journalist Raymond Malonga freed after six months in detention in Brazzaville
“I am relieved to leave prison. But I am sick because I suffer from high blood pressure,” said Raymond Malonga, a journalist critical of President […]
Congo-Brazzaville has a new government
Three days after being named Prime Minister, Anatole Collinet Makosso formed his government team, which includes one of the children of President Denis Sassou-Nguesso and […]
Congo: opponent Guy-Brice Parfait Kolélas died
The counting of the results of the presidential election held on Sunday, March 21, in Congo-Brazzaville began immediately after the closing of the polling stations; […]
Congo: Dr Dzabana, civil society leader, kidnapped outside his home
Dr Alex Dzabana, a civil society leader in Congo and president of the M22 Association, was reportedly abducted this Thursday morning outside his home in […]
Congo-Brazzaville: Kick-off of the electoral campaign for the presidential election of March 21
Congo-Brazzaville, which on Thursday, March 4, commemorated the ninth anniversary of the deadly explosions of a military camp in 2012, starts this Saturday, March 5, […]
Congo-Brazzaville: Politicians in a national consultation for 2021 presidential election
Majority party, opposition, and representatives of the former rebel leader, Pastor Ntoumi, have been meeting since Wednesday, November 25 in Madingou to prepare for the […]
Agreement between Kinshasa and Brazzaville on frequency regulation on borders
Two of the world’s closest capitals, separated just by the Congo River, Brazzaville and Kinshasa, share the same broadcasting and telecommunications frequency spectrum. This sometimes […]