Politics

Brazzaville press conference signals fresh momentum A single flash of camera bulbs on 25 October sufficed to inaugurate what Jean Bonard Moussodia describes as “a renaissance in civic engagement”. In …

Campaign drums drown deeper anxieties The roadshows of Côte d’Ivoire’s presidential hopefuls have turned boulevards into open-air dance floors. Loudspeakers belting out the hit Coup du marteau propel choreographed crowds, …

Momentum Builds in Northern Brazzaville A scented breeze swept over the forecourt of the 6th arrondissement’s cultural hall as cadres of the Congolese Labour Party (Parti congolais du Travail, PCT) …

A critical budgetary rendezvous at the Palais des Congrès The marble-lined corridor of Brazzaville’s Palais des Congrès hummed with restrained anticipation on 15 October as the Senate gavel dropped on …

A solemn opening for the Tenth Ordinary Budget Session The polished wooden benches of the Palais du Parlement seldom resound with the same combination of gravity and gratitude that marked …

Budget Session Opens Amid High Expectations When Speaker Isidore Mvouba gaveled in the National Assembly’s tenth ordinary budget session on 15 October, he set a deliberately ambitious tone. Deputies, he …

Brazzaville’s Farewell to a Parliamentarian A soft October dusk hung over the Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza esplanade as mourners filed past the casket of Deputy Joseph Mbossa. Draped in the …

A strategic compass toward SDG 6 In the bright auditorium of Brazzaville’s ministry compound, officials, mayors and development partners rose to their feet on 14 October as Minister Juste Désiré …

State Ceremony Draws Political and Civic Unity The vaulted hall of Brazzaville’s Palais des congrès fell into a respectful hush on 13 October as the nation converged to honour André …

Steady momentum toward Brazzaville’s political rendez-vous The Congolese Labour Party (PCT) has entered the decisive stretch of preparations for its sixth ordinary congress, a gathering widely expected to reaffirm the …