Congo-Brazzaville

Riyadh sets an optimistic tone for Brazzaville Congo-Brazzaville left the 21st General Conference of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) with a distinctly upbeat agenda. Convened in Riyadh from …

Brazzaville Workshop Signals Fresh Momentum The leafy riverside of Brazzaville briefly turned into a laboratory of policy innovation on 27 November when senior officials, civil-society actors and development partners convened …

National workshop ushers census data into final stretch Inside the glass-fronted headquarters of the National Institute of Statistics (INS) in Brazzaville, rows of laptops replaced the sheaves of paper that …

State-of-the-Nation address centres on resilience In the hushed chamber of Brazzaville’s Palais des congrès, President Denis Sassou Nguesso opened the commemorations of 28 November with his constitutionally mandated State-of-the-Nation address. …

World Bank Financing Signals New Era for Regional Health Security The International Development Association, the concessional arm of the World Bank, unveiled on 28 June a US$279.5 million package—comprising grants …

Global protectionism no longer taboo From Washington to Brussels, strategic trade policy is regaining respectability. The United States has renewed tariffs on steel and aluminium while injecting billions into semiconductor …

Historic gathering of 1,225 delegates in Brazzaville For the first time in eight years the Union Panafricaine pour la Démocratie Sociale (UPADS) succeeded in convening a full ordinary congress, drawing …

Brazzaville stakes a claim on its far-flung talent For decades the Congolese diaspora has been a vital but largely informal source of remittances that keep households afloat from Pointe-Noire to …

Record Remittance Momentum The Republic of Congo closed 2024 on an unexpectedly buoyant note: from October to December, members of its global diaspora transferred the equivalent of 20.3 billion CFA …

Parliamentary diplomacy strengthens African integration While summitry among heads of state often attracts the headlines, legislative diplomacy is increasingly recognised as a quiet driver of regional cohesion within the African …