World & Diplomacy

Trump’s Congratulatory Dispatch and Its Nuances On 15 August, the date that marks the Republic of Congo’s hard-won independence in 1960, President Denis Sassou Nguesso received a missive carrying the …

Diaspora Notes and National Resonance When Congolese musicians relocate to Paris, they rarely sever the umbilical cord that links them to Brazzaville. Rather, they extend the nation’s cultural frontier, engaging …

Regional Pedagogical Pivot The initiative did not emerge in a vacuum. Over the past decade, CEMAC heads of state have multiplied calls for the diversification of their hydrocarbon-heavy economies. The …

A Parisian Election with Global Resonance When delegates converge on Paris this October to choose UNESCO’s next Director-General, the exercise will be more than a routine rotation at a UN …

AMREF’s Lifeline and its Vulnerabilities The afternoon of 18 January saw a Cessna Caravan operated by AMREF Flying Doctors leave Nairobi’s Wilson Airport on a routine medical-evacuation run to Hargeisa. …

Caracas Convenes Global Media Voices The vast foyers of the Teatro Teresa Carreño reverberated last weekend with polyglot conversation rarely heard in the Venezuelan capital. One hundred and twenty journalists …

Udine hosts European Super Cup spectacle On 13 August the Stadio Friuli will cease to be the tranquil Alpine amphitheatre familiar to Serie A followers and morph into the laboratory …

Partners in Rhyme: From Suburban Paris to Brazzaville When twenty-six-year-old Tiakola, known among aficionados as “La Mélo”, crossed paths with the younger yet equally ambitious Genezio, observers of the Francophone …

Strategic recalibration of mineral diplomacy In late September, a discreet Indian delegation circulated through Lusaka, Harare and Maputo carrying draft memoranda that go beyond the customary promises of jobs and …

Market Headwinds and Strategic Calm From 10 to 12 July in the Atlantic hub of Pointe-Noire, Congolese public officials and executives from major operators convened to translate a turbulent global …