At Congo-Brazzaville’s first cabinet of the new term, Sassou N’Guesso set priorities: digitised administration, the Congo-Ocean railway, roads, power and water.
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Congo’s Stev Simplice Onanga takes over a hydrocarbons sector pumping 300,000 barrels daily, with ambitions of 700,000 by 2030 and major deals pending.
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Congo-Brazzaville’s first cabinet of the 2026-2031 term backed a sovereign wealth fund, FCFA 143.8bn for Congo Telecom and an administrative digitisation drive.
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Stev Onanga has taken office as Congo-Brazzaville’s Hydrocarbons Minister in a reshuffle that followed the reappointment of PM Anatole Collinet Makosso.
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Congo-Brazzaville’s new State Control minister Noel Leonard Essongo presses senior officials for measurable anti-corruption and public-service outcomes.
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Ernst & Young restructures its Congo and francophone Africa practice into two specialised firms, Eritedge and Elyos, spanning nine countries and 900 professionals.
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President Sassou N’Guesso joined Gabon’s Oligui Nguema in Libreville to inaugurate the Omar Bongo Ondimba congress hall, reaffirming Congo-Gabon ties.
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Congo’s RFC coalition recasts the heavy abstention in the March 2026 presidential vote as a deliberate political verdict and a first step toward change.
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Ahead of World Press Freedom Day, the Jeune Écrivain du Congo urged better conditions for Brazzaville’s journalists and stronger guarantees for independent reporting.
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World & Diplomacy
Congo-Russia Oil Pipeline Plan Crowns Sassou Visit
by Bosco Mbembaby Bosco MbembaAfter Sassou N’Guesso’s Moscow visit, Congo and Russia map out cooperation in energy, training, agriculture and a Pointe-Noire-Brazzaville oil pipeline.