Society & Culture

France confirms continued AFD funding for water supply and drainage projects in Pointe-Noire and Brazzaville, including Tsiemé river channelling to curb floods.

Brazzaville and the UNHCR are reinforcing cooperation on durable solutions for Central African refugees, from protection to voluntary return.

Eleven Congolese civil-society groups condemn a May 2026 directive requiring ministerial clearance to engage Indigenous communities, warning of shrinking civic space.

Prime Minister Makosso announced a one-million-dollar contribution to the DRC Ebola response at an African Union summit, urging coordinated cross-border action.

Congo-Brazzaville’s retirees denounce more than 51 months of unpaid pensions amid fuel shortages, power cuts and water rationing in an oil-rich nation under cash-flow strain.

A Congolese woman was fatally stabbed near Blois, France, before her four children. Earlier complaints and a domestic-violence inquiry had already been filed.

A new RPDH report scores Congo-Brazzaville 2.5/5 on civic environment, warning that administrative hurdles are quietly tightening around civil society.

Through its country dialogue, Congo-Brazzaville is intensifying prevention, testing and treatment against HIV, tuberculosis and malaria, backed by global donors.

WHO confirms no Ebola cases in the Republic of Congo and no travel curbs as 3,000 delegates head to Brazzaville for the AfDB Annual Meetings (25-29 May).