Congo’s Senate opens its ninth ordinary session with twelve files, from anti-tribalism law to investment treaties with Russia and Cuba.
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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.
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In St. Petersburg, Denis Sassou N’Guesso courted Russian investors across energy, defence, health and mining, ahead of the October 2026 Russia-Africa Summit.
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Sassou N’Guesso and Putin chart a three-year roadmap, with cooperation accords on energy, agriculture and education to be signed in Brazzaville this September.
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President Denis Sassou N’Guesso travels to Russia for high-level talks with Vladimir Poutine on energy, health, education, security and defence cooperation.
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President Sassou N’Guesso met Russia’s sanitary watchdog chief Anna Popova in Brazzaville to expand cooperation on disease prevention, training and epidemic surveillance.
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Russia’s Alexander Novak attended Sassou Nguesso’s inauguration as Brazzaville and Moscow prepare an integrated 2026-2028 cooperation plan spanning energy and tech.
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Vladimir Putin has congratulated Denis Sassou-Nguesso on his re-election in Congo-Brazzaville, underscoring the durability of Russo-Congolese ties.
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Moscow’s envoy and ECCAS chief Ezechiel Nibigira reviewed a 2023 accord, charting cooperation across six pillars of Central African integration.
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Jean-Noel Barrot’s visit to Bangui, the first by a French foreign minister since 2018, signals Paris’s cautious bid to counter Russian influence in Central Africa.