President Denis Sassou N’Guesso travels to Russia for high-level talks with Vladimir Poutine on energy, health, education, security and defence cooperation.
Denis Sassou N’Guesso
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Congo’s Ocopel closes its civic campaign with a report confirming peace held through the March 2026 presidential election that re-elected Sassou N’Guesso.
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President Sassou N’Guesso’s new Congolese cabinet of 42 members is unveiled, with Jean-Jacques Bouya as deputy premier under reappointed PM Makosso.
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President Sassou N’Guesso confirms Florent Ntsiba and Stevie Pea Ondongo in Presidency roles as Congo-Brazzaville reshapes its institutions after the April 16 inauguration.
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In Brazzaville, Paul Kagame and Denis Sassou N’Guesso pledged to deepen bilateral ties and remove the hurdles still slowing the AfCFTA’s rollout.
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Senate President Pierre Ngolo met China’s Shao Hong on the margins of Sassou N’Guesso’s inauguration, hailing six decades of partnership and pledging deeper cooperation.
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President Denis Sassou N’Guesso took the oath at Kintélé on 16 April before ten African heads of state, opening a fresh five-year term in Congo-Brazzaville.
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Emmanuel Macron congratulates Denis Sassou N’Guesso on re-election, pledging renewed Franco-Congolese cooperation on culture, youth and Congo Basin forests.
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Brazzaville and the United Nations renew their alliance to drive Congo’s 2027-2031 National Development Plan, making 2026 a year of transition and resource mobilization.
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Congo-Brazzaville’s Sassou N’Guesso reportedly weighs an opening to the opposition, with UPADS leader Pascal Tsaty Mabiala floated for prime minister.