President Denis Sassou-N’Guesso returns to Brazzaville on 17 May 2026 after a working stay in Oyo devoted to governance and Congo’s national development agenda.
Congo-Brazzaville
-
-
At the 2026 AfDB Annual Meetings in Brazzaville, Economy Minister Ludovic Ngatse unveiled the Congo 2063 strategy and called on foreign investors to join in.
-
Brazzaville has formally asked the IMF for a new programme barely a year after its last one, building on a $700M eurobond and a bond buyback aimed at fiscal credibility.
-
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’s government has referred suspected domestic violence by a minister to the courts under the 2022 Mouebara Law, despite no formal complaint.
-
Brazzaville evicted 420 families from Mpila’s Yoro district to expand its historic port, igniting protests over compensation, public utility and urban displacement.
-
At the Africa Forward summit in Nairobi, Congo-Brazzaville pressed for balanced France-Africa ties and prepared the AfDB annual meetings set for May 2026.
-
Madagascar’s President Randrianirina opens a 48-hour visit in Oyo, seeking deeper South-South cooperation with Congo-Brazzaville’s Sassou-N’Guesso.
-
Congo-Brazzaville and Emirati group AD Ports have signed accords worth over $236 million to develop Pointe-Noire’s East New Mole terminal under Noatum Ports.