Brazzaville Diplomacy

Liberation Memory Fuels Contemporary Diplomacy The marble halls of Brazzaville’s diplomatic chancellery reverberated with history on 27 November as Ambassador Azeddine Riache marked the seventy-first anniversary of Algeria’s National Liberation …

A national showcase of athletic diplomacy From 23 to 31 August 2025 the Henri Elendé Gymnasium in Brazzaville became the epicentre of Congolese sport as the Congolese Volleyball Federation (Fécovo) …

Twenty Years of the Brazzaville Road Classic The thirtieth anniversary of Congo-Brazzaville’s multiparty landscape coincided this August with the twentieth running of the Semi-Marathon International de Brazzaville, better known by …

Academic-Press Synergy in Brazzaville When the senior executives of La Nouvelle République and the Institut supérieur Polytechnique-Université gathered on 22 August 2025, the polished conference hall of the Brazzaville newsroom …

Shared Wartime Memory Seeks Modern Recognition Brazzaville’s storied past returned unexpectedly to the diplomatic agenda this summer, when Congolese writer and entrepreneur Marcellin Mounzéo Ngoyo addressed an open letter to …

A Congolese Appeal Resonates in Paris When Marcellin Mounzéo-Ngoyo, president of the Brazzaville-based Maison de la Mémoire Africaine, dispatched an open letter to French President Emmanuel Macron on 15 August, …

Brazzaville’s Legal Community in Mourning In the early hours of Monday, word of Larsen Bemy’s death circulated through the corridors of the Brazzaville Court of Appeal, then rippled outward to …

Power Supply as Strategic Infrastructure in Congo When the lights flicker across Brazzaville’s riverine skyline, diplomats and market traders alike receive a vivid reminder that electricity is no longer a …