Congo-Brazzaville

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

Brazzaville welcomes 3,000 delegates from 81 nations for the AfDB’s 61st Annual Meetings, where Africa’s financial sovereignty and a $400bn funding gap take centre stage.

As CEMAC chair, Denis Sassou N’Guesso reviewed regional monetary resilience, mining site restoration talks and Congo’s planned $850 million bond issue.

Brazzaville and Kinshasa pledge to modernise their 1978 judicial cooperation accord, extending it to cybercrime and AI-driven offences via a joint expert team.

Brazzaville priced an $850 million 11-year bond at 9.5%, drawing $1.6bn in demand, as it refinances debt and seeks fresh IMF support.

From 25 to 29 May, Brazzaville hosts the African Development Bank’s Annual Meetings, gathering heads of state, finance ministers and investors to debate the continent’s growth.

Minister Jacqueline Lydia Mikolo frames the AfCFTA as a national priority for Congo-Brazzaville, unveiling legal reforms and a 2026-2030 operational roadmap.

Brazzaville and Washington reaffirm their defense partnership as Obangame Express drills in Pointe-Noire bolster maritime security across the Gulf of Guinea.

US chargee d’affaires Amanda S. Jacobsen met Defense Minister Raymond Zephyrin Mboulou to expand Congo-US military cooperation and maritime security in the Gulf of Guinea.