Economy & Business

Young Cadets as Vectors of National Soft Power The recent special issue of Générations l’Afrique et le Monde en mouvement, listing the “Cadets de la République”, amounts to more than …

Pointe-Noire Seminar Signals Growing Cultural Diplomacy The marble-floored foyer of the Cercle Africain museum in Pointe-Noire filled quickly on 19 July as academics, clergy and foreign attachés took their seats …

A Soldier-Poet Returns to Centre Stage On a humid July afternoon in Brazzaville, the muted clatter of porcelain cups gave way to a round of applause as the inaugural Literary …

Civil Society at the Table of Social Cohesion The scent of cassava leaves and smoked fish drifting through Mpaka’s dusty alleys each Wednesday is more than a gastronomic invitation; it …

A Literary Crown Forged in Grammar Inside the wood-panelled conference hall of Marien-Ngouabi University’s rectorate, the atmosphere on 31 July felt closer to an academic summit than to a conventional …

A Continental Rallying Cry for UNESCO Leadership The cathedral-like conference hall of Yamoussoukro’s Fondation Félix Houphouët-Boigny seldom hosts events that resonate far beyond the Ivorian capital. Yet on 29 July …

An Urgent Medical Offensive in the Cuvette Since 23 July the General Hospital 31-July in Owando, capital of the Cuvette department, has become the epicentre of a ten-day exercise dubbed …