Politics

On May Day, Congo-Brazzaville’s CSTC urged the new Makosso II government to deliver innovative fixes for unpaid wages in hospitals and at Marien-Ngouabi University.

Congo-Brazzaville climbs to 68th on the 2026 RSF index as journalists mark World Press Freedom Day, yet self-censorship and a stalled media fund temper the optimism.

Congolese rights group PAJED alleges a court-appointed custodian mismanaged the late Adel Barayo’s estate, citing 78 million CFA francs unaccounted for, and urges a judicial inquiry.

Congo-Brazzaville’s new Minister of State Luc-Joseph Okio commits to transparency, responsiveness and respect for parliamentary prerogatives.

Congo-Brazzaville’s Makosso II government held its first cabinet meeting in Brazzaville on 29 April 2026, pledging coordinated reform and tangible results.

Ange Édouard Poungui, Congo-Brazzaville’s prime minister from 1984 to 1989 and 2009 presidential candidate, has died in France aged 82.

President Sassou Nguesso unveils the 41-member Makosso II government, with a new foreign minister and key shifts across Congo’s economic and sovereign ministries.

Veteran UN-trained diplomat Constant Serge Bounda becomes Congo-Brazzaville’s foreign minister, tasked with economic diplomacy and broader alliances.

President Sassou Nguesso names a 41-member cabinet led by Anatole Collinet Makosso, with Jean-Jacques Bouya promoted to a newly created Vice-Premier post.