Congo-Brazzaville

Belgium’s ambassador Emmanuelle Plissart De Foy hails Congo-Belgium cooperation gains in SME financing, UNIPOD, maritime, twinning and creative industries.

APPO and GECF sealed a landmark oil-and-gas accord in Brazzaville, launching a permanent energy dialogue to defend African resource sovereignty and growth.

President Sassou-Nguesso switched on Allembé’s power grid and reopened the district, framing electricity and roads as proof Congo is advancing.

Congo’s retired civil servants demand the government open pension talks within eight days, or face an open-ended sit-in outside the Primature from 3 August.

Thirteen Congolese students detained in Senegal have been freed after Brazzaville’s consular push, exposing a chronic passport crisis facing young citizens.

Congo’s labour commission backs shifting civil-service hours to 8 a.m.-3 p.m., citing transport strain and a bid to reassure investors, alongside Labour Code reform.

Congo-Brazzaville’s Club 2002-Pur has adopted a roadmap for its first ordinary congress, with federation assemblies set to run from July to September 2026.

Congo’s CESE calls for a pension overhaul, a 30-day first-payment rule, a single claims window and a renewed National Tree Day after its July session.

PM Makosso lays out Congo’s ‘acceleration’ strategy: tax reform, domestic debt restructuring, eurobonds, a fresh IMF facility and the Congo-Ocean Railway revival.

Congo’s State Control minister Noël Essongo imposes 7am starts, ends flexible hours and champions digital reform to boost rigour and transparency.