World & Diplomacy

President Sassou-Nguesso announces Congo-Brazzaville will lift entry visas for all African nationals from January 2027, a bold bid for continental integration.

Sassou-Nguesso and DRC’s Jean-Pierre Bemba meet to fast-track the road-rail bridge linking Brazzaville and Kinshasa across the Congo River.

In Brazzaville, Tanzanian PM Mwigulu Nchemba met Anatole Collinet Makosso on the margins of the AfDB assemblies to discuss domestic financing, security and the Congo Basin Blue Fund.

Fresh foreign ambassadors have presented their credentials in Brazzaville, renewing Congo’s diplomatic corps as the country hosts the 61st AfDB Annual Meetings.

In Oyo, Sassou-N’Guesso and Madagascar’s transitional leader Randrianirina pledged to deepen bilateral ties and discussed the island’s road to 2027 polls.

Brazzaville appoints veteran diplomat Basile Ikouebe ambassador to the United States, succeeding the late Serge Moumbouli in a strategic posting.

Brazzaville and New Delhi move to deepen cooperation on trade, digital technology and sustainable development, with Congo invited to the India-Africa Forum Summit.

Brazzaville marked Europe Day on 10 May 2026 as Congo and the European Union signalled a deepening partnership across diplomacy and development.

Newly appointed Foreign Minister Constant Serge Bounda received the envoys of Morocco, the Vatican, Algeria and Angola in Brazzaville, signalling an outward-looking Congolese diplomacy.