Politics

Brazzaville priced an $850 million 11-year bond at 9.5%, drawing $1.6bn in demand, as it refinances debt and seeks fresh IMF support.

President Denis Sassou-N’Guesso returns to Brazzaville on 17 May 2026 after a working stay in Oyo devoted to governance and Congo’s national development agenda.

At the 2026 AfDB Annual Meetings in Brazzaville, Economy Minister Ludovic Ngatse unveiled the Congo 2063 strategy and called on foreign investors to join in.

A five-day CEMAC workshop in Brazzaville closed on a pledge to harmonise air-safety rules across Central Africa, aligning the region with ICAO standards.

Brazzaville evicted 420 families from Mpila’s Yoro district to expand its historic port, igniting protests over compensation, public utility and urban displacement.

At the Africa Forward summit in Nairobi, Congo-Brazzaville pressed for balanced France-Africa ties and prepared the AfDB annual meetings set for May 2026.

Madagascar’s President Randrianirina opens a 48-hour visit in Oyo, seeking deeper South-South cooperation with Congo-Brazzaville’s Sassou-N’Guesso.

Kinshasa and Brazzaville sign a fiscal and customs accord for the planned road-rail bridge over the Congo River, a milestone for Central African integration.

Denis Sassou-N’Guesso hosted Togo’s Faure Gnassingbe at Oyo, advancing security, African integration and South-South partnerships between Brazzaville and Lome.