Politics

Bangui’s High-Level Overture to Pan-African Capital The marble halls of the Central African presidency hosted an unusually strategic conversation on the sidelines of the African Caucus 2025. Before a procession …

From Policy Aspiration to Field Experimentation When the Republic of Congo endorsed the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1993 it signalled a durable commitment to protect its …

A Strategic Rendez-vous in Brazzaville The high-ceilinged conference room of the Ministry of Finance rarely enjoys the particular mix of technical experts, cabinet-level ministers and civil-society advocates that gathered on …

A Discreet Brazzaville Conclave Shortly before dusk on 27 July 2025, the wrought-iron gates of President Denis Sassou-Nguesso’s private residence in Mpila swung open to an unusual procession of Gabonese …

A Vehement Judicial Statement in Likouala The Tribunal of Grande Instance in Impfondo, the administrative heart of northern Likouala, rarely attracts continental attention. Yet on 26 June 2025 it delivered …

A Shadow Wearing Epaulettes Well into his ninth decade, President Paul Biya continues to rely on the Rapid Intervention Battalion as the nervous system of state security. Created in 1999 …

A Salon of Memory at the Russian House On 26 July, within the sober neo-classical walls of the Russian House in Brazzaville, an audience of diplomats, academics and young creatives …

Continental realignment around the 2025 UNESCO ballot When the UNESCO Executive Board closed registrations on 15 March 2025, only three dossiers were deemed complete. The lean field belies the magnitude …

Brazzaville’s Diplomatic Rationale When Minister for International Cooperation and Public-Private Partnership Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso addressed the sixth virtual summit of the Committee of Ten, the tone from Brazzaville was …